Learn about DoD Impact Level 6 (IL6) requirements for data and information systems. Discover how Game Warden streamlines software delivery to the DoD.

Discover events for government, industry, and national security leaders to meet and collaborate on defense tech innovation and acquisition.

2F’s Anthony Butt Breaks Down Platforms and PaaS on Rise8’s Prodacity Speaker Series

Watch Defense Unicorns’ webinar about Big Bang and secure software delivery featuring Second Front Systems’ Chief Technology Officer, Enrique Oti.

DoD Impact Levels allow the DoD to categorize info systems and their info based on the potential impact caused in the event they are compromised.

Decision Lens has reached Game Warden’s Impact Level 4 environment. Decision Lens is now hosted on Game Warden, a DoD ATO certified DevSecOps platform.

In Silicon Valley Defense Group’s webinar featuring Tyler Sweatt and Enrique Oti, commercial defense software leaders discuss the challenge of ATOs.

In the ATO process, Authorizing Officials assume responsibility for operating an information system at an acceptable level of risk to agency operations.

A list of the most important government agencies in defense software acquisition, development, and cybersecurity.

Second Front Systems announces its sponsorship of Capital Factory’s Fed Supernova 2022. Second Front is sponsoring the “Driving Collaboration” track.

This article is a list of defense tech events to look out for, curated by Second Front Systems.

Discover what a continuous authority to operate (cATO) is. Learn how it works and how your software start-up can earn a cATO for government networks.

Learn the processes for getting an ATO, what FedRAMP is, who manages the program, and how it works.

Learn the basics of container virtualization and orchestration through Docker and Kubernetes, the most popular containerization and orchestration tools.

Learn the basics of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Risk Management Framework (RMF) for handling federal data and information.

Listen to Second Front Systems’ Chief Technology Officer Enrique Oti discuss the origins of DoD software factories on "Defense Unicorns: a Podcast."

On May 17, 2022, Applied Intuition, in collaboration with the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, hosted the Nexus 22 symposium in Washington, D.C. The event featured Second Front Systems’ CEO and Co-Founder Peter Dixon on a panel discussing the “Investment Landscape for Defense Autonomy." Nexus 22 is an “opportunity for senior leaders in the autonomy industry, the defense community, Congress, and the broader national security enterprise to come together and discuss critical issues at the intersection of national security and autonomy,” according to atlanticcouncil.org.‍ The Investment Landscape for Defense Autonomy segment opened with introductions of the panel speakers from Stephen Rodriguez, a senior advisor for Forward Defense and the Atlantic Council. Speakers included Katherine Boyle, general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, Bilal Zuberi, partner of Lux Capital, Nick Sinai, senior advisor and venture partner of Insight Partners, and Peter Dixon. 

The following timeline features significant events, policies, methodologies, and organizations relevant to the Department of Defense’s (DoD) adoption of cloud computing, and modern software development methodologies. These plot points depict the DoD’s journey toward efficient software acquisition on par with the private sector.

AFWERX is an innovation and acquisition arm of the U.S. Air Force under the Air Force Research Laboratory and provides excellent introductory resources for their SBIR program. The AFWERX framework for the SBIR process offers a great mechanism to access potential customers and users within the Air Force and wider DoD. AFWERX provides a fantastic front door and scaling mechanism (including potential additional sources of capital) for dual use companies looking to expand into DoD. This blog is designed to help companies better understand the overview, phases, requirements, and processes of the program.

Game Warden is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) tool that allows organizations to develop and deploy software applications in a fully managed and secure environment optimized for DevSecOps practices. It integrates security and operations to increase efficiency and agility, and facilitate innovation.