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Is your program really ready to adopt the SWP? Next in the Software Acquisition Go Bag series, we’ll walk you through our new Tactical Guide called SWP: Ready, Set, Go! This guide provides proven techniques to assess the project’s readiness to adopt the SWP; identify any shortfalls; and obtain the resources, information, and support needed for success. What Will Attendees Learn? • How to know if your acquisition program is really ready to adopt the SWP • What “Instill an Agile Culture” actually means for your program • How programs enter or transition to the SWP • A dispelled...

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Many organizations practicing DevSecOps have collapsed under the weight of their own tooling. These organizations tried to solve delivery problems by stacking Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps controllers, scanners, and templating systems until no one can explain their own deployment path. This webcast cuts through that complexity and shows how right-sizing DevSecOps—reproducible environments, deterministic builds, type-safe configuration, and small iterative releases—restores velocity and reliability. We focus on what high-stakes teams actually need, not what vendors or compliance frameworks...

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This webcast offers a solution to the problem of poorly defined requirements in system design that can lead to software flaws, cost and time overruns, and stakeholder dissatisfaction. We will tell you how to use a structured process called the ATAM (architectural tradeoffs analysis method) to develop a system design by eliciting requirements, scenarios, and priorities from stakeholders. Then, we will explain how to measure compliance with those requirements during testing using DevSecOps principles and tools, such as the SEI’s Silent Sentinel. What Will Attendees Learn? What software...

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The SEI contributed its expertise to the development of the Software Acquisition Pathway (SWP), which the Department of Defense (DoD) issued in 2020 as DoD Instruction 5000.87. Since the SWP’s issuance, SEI researchers have collaborated with DoD program teams and policy owners to effectively implement the pathway in different program contexts, identify barriers and challenges, and monitor outcomes. Throughout that work, we’ve identified common questions and stumbling blocks that programs encounter as they adopt the SWP. Answering these questions often warrants additional tools and...

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Experts agree that quantum computing will likely become powerful enough to break modern-day encryption within the next 10–15 years on “Q Day.” Once encryption is defeated, the computing world will never be the same. Organizations need to identify the correct courses of action to take today so that the sudden onset of quantum computing does not threaten their critical assets. In this webcast, Brett Tucker, Dan Justice, and Matthew Butkovic discuss the challenges expected with the realization of quantum computing capabilities. Furthermore, the group will provide possible responses to...

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Finding and fixing weaknesses and vulnerabilities in source code has been an ongoing challenge. There is a lot of excitement about the ability of large language models (LLMs, e.g., GenAI) to produce and evaluate programs. One question related to this ability is: Do these systems help in practice? We ran experiments with various LLMs to see if they could correctly identify problems with source code or determine that there were no problems. This webcast will provide background on our methods and a summary of our results. What Will Attendees Learn? • how well LLMs can evaluate source code •...

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Often, agile implementations are a struggle. Dedicated agile teams focus hard and deliver value on a regular cadence. But when results are tallied, the value teams produce may not fit neatly into the expectations of senior stakeholders. Why? In this webcast, Peter Capell addresses the importance of a practical vision to express outcomes, so that the program's “target picture” is clear to all parties involved. Peter highlights the value of tools such as Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) in engineering processes, and how the combination of architecture and MBSE can anchor the...

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Finding and growing AI and Data talent is essential for mission success, but many skilled workers remain unseen because they lack traditional credentials. This session introduces practical strategies and prototype tools that help individuals demonstrate what they know while helping managers identify and evaluate emerging talent in these fields. Attendees will explore micro-assessments reflecting real data science and AI workflows, see how skills can be measured meaningfully at scale, and gain insights on fostering AI and Data readiness across the federal workforce. Whether you’re building...

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Threat modeling is intended to help defend a system from attack. It tops the list of techniques recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to secure critical systems. In a world where people with malicious intent have deadlier tools at their disposal, defenders need to take advantage of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to form mitigation strategies effective from early in the systems engineering lifecycle. This webcast will preview a workshop to be held during the 2025 Secure Software by Design conference to be held on August 19 and 20. What Attendees Will...

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DevSecOps generates a lot of data valuable for better decision making. However, decision makers may not see all they need to in order to make best use of the data for continuous improvement. The SEI open source Polar tool unlocks the data, giving DevSecOps teams greater capability to automate, which in turn means they can innovate rapidly – without lessening quality or reducing security. What Attendees Will Learn: Issues from complex DevSecOps pipelines What observability adds for DevSecOps efforts The way in which a new open-source tool, Polar, helps