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Especially as it pertains to the cyber world the military is slow to adopt, yes. IMO this is largely due to the amount of vetting, documentation, the number of
by stillmind 8y ago
Especially as it pertains to the cyber world the military is slow to adopt, yes. IMO this is largely due to the amount of vetting, documentation, the number of people who must approve it, and the security measures taken in order to use a product or process. This is frustrating, because as soon as a product or process is approved there is almost always been a shift in the industry to a better way of doing the same task or better product.
The workaround here always seems to be the pairing up the military with commercial industry, which isn't hindered in the same way. However, you then risk having the commercial industry not following proper protocol for securing information and leaking secrets to foreign countries, amongst other issues. Problems are abound, and the military is still trying to figure out the best way to approach innovation in the cyber world.
- otakucode 8y agoI'm active in this space and the vetting and documentation is going to be what makes this never happen. They will say they want agile, they want continuous integration, they want speedy development........ but they will turn around and say they want exactly the same amount of contract deliverable documentation, want exactly the same process of requesting approval (which takes 9+ months to get) for any new technology, library, or module, etc. Several years ago the government said Agile development should be used for any software projects going forward - without dropping a single one of their documentation requirements. The fact that one of the pillars of Agile is "Working software over comprehensive documentation" is something they seem to think they can just ignore.