“Drawing inspiration from the Defense Department’s Platform One, the Department of Veterans Affairs is building its very own modernized computing infrastructure in an effort to deliver new software and services more quickly to veterans.”
“VA’s Office of Information and Technology began its VA Platform One (VAPO) journey in September 2020 and launched the platform in March 2021. VAPO leverages the VA Enterprise Cloud and fits within the agency’s overall DevSecOps transformation, VA Deputy Assistant Secretary for DevSecOps Todd Simpson told GovCIO Media & Research.”
“’DevSecOps has fundamentally changed the way that we design, build and deliver products here at the VA,’ Simpson said. ‘VAPO will transform the way we develop and deliver software across VA as it will empower autonomous teams improving speed, productivity and quality.'”
“Very much like DOD’s Platform One, VAPO provides containerized microservices to developers building various products or services.”
“Containerization, Simpson said, enables developers at VA to create secure code pipeline, proactively resolve security risks, eliminate vulnerabilities between apps and facilitate agile security. Additionally, isolated containers can be updated quickly without impacting other microservices in an application.”
“All this supports the department’s overall DevSecOps effort to streamline its business functions and product lines and move away from the traditional waterfall approach of software development…”
“VA’s next steps for VAPO is working with portfolio and product line managers on a modernization readiness assessment to determine if the platform is right for their product.”
“The team is also working on integrating directives as part of the recent cybersecurity executive order from the White House — especially when it comes to zero trust…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA’s Platform One Supports Faster, Secure Development – By Sarah Sybert, March 8, 2022. GovCIO.
