Why DevSecOps matters more than ever for DoD & IC
DoD (Department of War, formerly Department of Defense) and Intelligence Community (IC) agencies face an unprecedented challenge: delivering secure, high-performing software in a world of evolving cyber threats, mission-critical timelines, and compliance-heavy environments.
Accelerating DevSecOps for the DoD and Intelligence Community is a four-part webinar series co-hosted by Merito and MFGS, Inc. that showcases how modernizing the SDLC with AI-driven automation, continuous security, performance engineering, and governance can dramatically improve mission readiness. (Click here to watch the 4-part webinar series)
Here’s a session-by-session breakdown with practical, tool-enabled strategies for engineers, architects, testers, and DevSecOps teams:
Session 1: Embedding AI in Application Security Testing
Theme: Strengthening the software supply chain with early, automated security
Modern federal software ecosystems are larger, more distributed, and more vulnerable than ever. This session demonstrates how OpenText Application Security Testing (formally Fortify) brings AI-driven application security testing to improve traditional AppSec methods by automating detection across code, open-source dependencies, and runtime risk.
Technical takeaways:
- Integrate AI-based SAST/DAST early in the pipeline
- Automate triage to reduce false positives
- Use ML-assisted correlation for root cause analysis
- Apply continuous scanning for software supply chain security
Key insights:
- AI reduces manual review workload, improving speed and accuracy