How a key Pentagon tech leader plans on ‘blowing up’ outdated software risk framework

How a key Pentagon tech leader plans on ‘blowing up’ outdated software risk framework

In an exclusive interview, Katie Arrington, who is performing the duties of the DoD CIO, makes the case for the new Software Fast Track (SWFT) program.

Pentagon Opening the Throttle on New Rules for Software

The Department of Defense is pushing ahead with a plan to automate and streamline the system it uses to ensure that software running on military networks is secure, and will start implementation next month, acting Chief Information Officer Katie Arrington said May 7.  Arrington signed a memo two weeks ago “directing the development of a Software Fast-Track , or SWFT, Initiative” to speed up the process by which the Department of Defense certifi…