2F Game Warden

Fully Accredited DevSecOps Platform

Accelerate software accreditation and deployment.

2F Game Warden helps commercial innovators deliver technology that fills agency capability gaps and helps government teams launch or modernize mission applications. Both reach accreditation in as little as 90 days and cut costs by up to 85%.

IL2 - IL6+ | FedRAMP | GovRAMP | Allied

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Accelerated Accreditation

Inherit established security controls to compress the ATO process from years to months and deploy to civilian agencies, defense networks, state and local services, and disconnected environments.

Continuous Compliance

Treat compliance as ongoing operations, not a one-time milestone, using automated workflows and built-in security to reduce recurring work as regulations evolve.

24/7 Managed Incident Response

Second Front’s SOC ingests application telemetry to deliver continuous monitoring, automated threat mitigation, and rapid platform-, network-, and application-level incident response to protect your software and preserve its accreditation.

AI-Native Capabilities

Generative AI agents automate CVE research and vulnerability remediation, simulation environments validate mission readiness, and LLM-as-a-Service and self-hosted models stay within secure boundaries.

Leading software providers and government agencies worldwide trust Second Front.

You do the dev. We’ll do the rest.

Bring your application. We supply the rest of the stack, all the way down to the disconnected edge.

Applications & Experience

Your software, live where your users are.

Where your applications run. Deploy and update across every environment you serve, and give your end users secure access to the mission software they rely on.
- Application Deployment
- Multi-Environment Updates
- Release Management
- Secure User Access
Security & Compliance

Prove it’s secure. Get it authorized.

Continuous scanning of containers, and configurations produces the live evidence authorizing officials need to grant and keep an ATO.
- Vulnerability & Malware Scanning
- Configuration Compliance (CIS/STIG)
- SAST/DAST
- Continuous Monitoring
- SSP & CRM Generation
- Risk Tracking
- Framework Mapping
Control Plane

Regulated landing zones, ready on day one.

Each landing zone sets the security requirements, compliance frameworks, networking, and identity for its environment. Every workload deployed there inherits them.
- Regulated Landing Zones
- Security Baselines
- Framework Selection
- Network Boundaries
- Tenants & Access
- Identity (OIDC)
- Audit Log
Secure Connectivity

Nothing reaches in.

Agents connect outbound only, so no environment ever opens an inbound port. That means a smaller attack surface and a simpler path through network approvals.
- Environment Agent
- VM Agent
- Cluster Agent
- Edge Agent
- Agent Fleet Management
Game Warden Runtime

Containers or not, one hardened runtime.

Containerized and non-containerized workloads run under the same policy, security, and observability, with controls your ATO inherits instead of rebuilding.
- Policy Enforcement
- Service Mesh
- Runtime Threat Detection
- Backup & Recovery
- Observability
Cloud & Virtual Infrastructure

Commercial, government, or classified cloud. Same platform.

Run across commercial and government clouds and virtual machines, provisioned the same way everywhere.
- Commercial & Government Cloud
- AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- Virtual Machines
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Physical & Edge

Where the cloud doesn’t go.

Bare metal, disconnected sites, air-gapped networks, and embedded devices, all provisioned and managed like any other environment.
- Bare Metal
- Disconnected & Air-Gapped
- Embedded & ARM
- Boot Media Provisioning
- Frontier
- Fleet Management

DOW
AUTHORIZATION

Deliver mission-aligned capability on DOW networks faster.

2F Game Warden for DOW automates and simplifies the Authorization to Operate (ATO) process, so programs can field mission-critical capabilities on a predictable timeline and plan their workforce around it. Applications have been successfully deployed across IL2 through IL6, including NIPR, SIPR, and JWICS, and Game Warden holds multi-service specific ATOs.

Deploy up to Top Secret

FEDRAMP CERTIFICATION

Give agencies reusable evidence they can match to their missions.

2F Game Warden for FedRAMP® offers three flexible pathways scoped to mission requirements: the 2F boundary, your own boundary, or equivalency. Game Warden delivers monitoring data, vulnerability trends, and scan history in machine-readable formats such as OSCAL, supporting VDR and VER reporting for the 20x model.

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UNIFIED SECURITY

Meet security requirements across frameworks on one NIST 800-53 foundation.

2F Game Warden protects sensitive data for DOW, federal civilian, state, local, education, and tribal organizations through application scanning, penetration testing, and more.

For DOW: DoD DevSecOps Reference Design and a zero Critical or High CVE posture.

For FedRAMP: 416 controls documented in the System Security Plan and support for the 20x model.

For GovRAMP: Tiered baselines from 60 controls at Core to 300+ at Authorized, with continuous monitoring and validation.

CLOUD COMPATIBILITY

Deploy on your preferred cloud without replatforming.

Second Front maintains partnerships with AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure to support secure deployment across their environments, models, and services.

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MODERN
CI/CD EXPERIENCE

Build, ship, and operate mission applications on one platform.

2F Game Warden provides the infrastructure to run your software, from security and CI/CD pipelines to database management and Day 2 logging, monitoring, and alerting. Spot performance and security risks in real time with built-in observability.

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PROACTIVE SUPPORT

Stay mission-ready with a dedicated partner.

2F manages and optimizes your deployed software for Day 2 operations, reducing demands on your engineering and security teams while maintaining stability, scalability, and performance. Around-the-clock monitoring across platform, network, and application logs keeps your current security posture visible to agency customers, with rapid containment support and reporting aligned to incident response SLAs. Second Front streamlines feature requests, offers strategic consultations, and holds regular check-ins as you grow.

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EXPANSION READINESS

Carry your existing evidence to new missions and environments.

2F Game Warden includes the body of evidence that supports current and additional deployments to secure government networks, making it easier to expand into new departments, agencies, and regions.

Read the guide to ATO reciprocity

Frequently asked questions

2F Game Warden holds a FedRAMP Class D (High) Certification and a GovRAMP High Authorization, and supports the full DOW Impact Level spectrum (IL2-IL6) across NIPR, SIPR, and JWICS deployments. Second Front customers inherit up to 80% of controls, with application-layer security (your code, access model, and data handling) as the only customer responsibility. Explore FedRAMP Certification and DOW Authorization.

Not on its own. 2F Game Warden accredits software and deploys it to secure government networks, including disconnected environments. To run authorized software on edge hardware, 2F Frontier delivers it to the device and keeps it running when the connection drops. See how 2F Frontier takes authorized software to the edge.

Yes. Government teams can launch or modernize mission applications on 2F Game Warden, using the same accredited platform and inherited security controls as commercial software providers.

20x defines what a modern path to FedRAMP Certification looks like, but it does not do the work behind the submission. 2F Game Warden for FedRAMP® helps providers scope a right-sized boundary to the systems that touch federal data, see how their offering runs day to day, and keep structured evidence current as changes ship, so each agency can match security goals to its own mission. Get 20x in plain English.

Second Front manages the infrastructure, the platform, and continuous monitoring. Customers own their application code, container builds, and vulnerability remediation, and share security testing with Second Front. Review the shared responsibility model.

Yes, whether you run on a provider today or are considering a move. Second Front maintains partnerships with AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure to support secure deployment across their environments, models, and services, so you can build on the provider you prefer. Discover 2F Managed Services.

Dummies eBook

U.S. Government Software Authorization for Dummies

Government authorization doesn’t have to be a black box. Learn how it actually works.

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2F Game Warden in action.

“2F delivered what other providers couldn’t: an ATO on day one, even for a classified environment. Inheriting an ATO and skipping the usual government wrangling was a complete gamechanger.”

“We were stuck in accreditation limbo for nearly a year. 2F Game Warden turned that around in just 58 days—on time, on budget, and with precision.”

“We looked at doing it ourselves but realized it would be expensive and slow. Second Front got us there fast.”

“The team at Second Front offered the speed, agility, and reliability we needed. Deploying with them was straightforward, and their support was invaluable.”

“Game Warden provided the capabilities and support we needed to address our pain points and achieve our federal go-to-market objectives.”

“This Game Warden partnership is a good way to jointly pursue innovation that makes the government work better.”

$25M

Phase III SBIR
Award Granted

Days to Accreditation

$1M

Cost Savings

$2M

Cost Savings

Partners

Meet our strategic partners.

Partnerships with mission-owners, cloud providers, incubators, and value-added resellers enhance our offerings while furthering our mission to deliver emerging technologies to the world’s democracies.

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