Tyto Athene CTO, Peter O’Donoghue, and stackArmor Principal, Gaurav “GP” Pal, recently joined the Keeping IT Brief podcast to discuss how federal agencies can modernize cybersecurity and compliance in the face of evolving threats.
The conversation focused on the growing need to align compliance with real-world security outcomes. “Compliance has gotten a little disconnected from security, and we need to bring it back,” said GP. “We asked ourselves, ‘How do we deliver the intent of RMF, which is really needed?’”
Peter emphasized the importance of using advanced technologies to strengthen national defense: “We need the most advanced and impactful technologies in our arsenal so that we can conduct the most efficient and effective military that the world has ever seen.” He also highlighted the benefits of automation, noting that “instead of having all of these screenshots, we can actually demonstrate at any given time in any given moment the current status of the entire stack, the cloud applications, and the extent to which they’re actually compliant.”
Both leaders agreed that modernizing the implementation of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) is key, not by discarding it, but by streamlining and automating processes so agencies can adopt transformative technologies faster without sacrificing security.
Listen to the full episode here: