SBD Recognized as Winner of 2021 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards in 8 Categories Vienna, Va. – March 25, 2021 – Solutions By Design II, LLC (SBD) has been named a winner under eight different categories for the 2021 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards,…
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Modernizing CMS’ Health Insurance Oversight System (HIOS)
Modernizing CMS’ Health Insurance Oversight System (HIOS) The Challenge The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) was built in the rush to meet the legislative mandates of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Time to market factors resulted in inefficient…
Implementing Agile in a Non-Agile Organization
Implementing Agile in a Non-Agile Organization The Challenge Despite al the hype, government is experiencing mixed results adopting Agile development practices. According to the Project Management Institute, issues include “(1) communicating; (2) managing day-to-day operational problems; (3) gaining buy-in from…
Breaking Down Barriers for DevOps Adoption in Government
Breaking Down Barriers for DevOps Adoption in Government Recent Government Accountability Office studies on information technology and information security found that the federal government’s aging IT infrastructure and systems are becoming increasingly obsolete, costly and vulnerable. Couple this with the traditionally slow-moving pace of…
5 Ways Agencies Can Clean Up Their Cyber Hygiene
5 Ways Agencies Can Clean Up Their Cyber Hygiene As cyberattacks continue to increase in severity and occurrence, agencies must take the appropriate steps to manage and mitigate the risks associated with the fastest-growing crime of our time. SBD’s Cyber…
What You Need to Know About Healthcare APIs and Interoperability
What You Need to Know About Healthcare APIs and Interoperability Three experts, including our own Jay Bercher, discuss how application programming interfaces help enable system interoperability, and describe what the role of APIs will be in the future…. Take a…
Making the Shift to Microservices: 8 Tips
Making the Shift to Microservices: 8 Tips Jay Bercher, Direct, Solution and Innovation Center, at SBD, shared his opinion on microservices implementation and challenges at @CIOfacebook: “As we go through the stages of evolution, we find even more moving pieces.…
3 Tips to Turn the Federal Government’s Workforce Woes into Staffing Success
3 Tips to Turn the Federal Government’s Workforce Woes into Staffing Success Amidst a staffing shortage in the federal government, there is still opportunity for supporting the professional growth of current employees. Take a Closer Look to Learn More Read…
The Boldest Predictions for Federal Technology in 2019
The Boldest Predictions for Federal Technology in 2019 #ArtificialIntelligence. You may try to avoid it, but if you do something as simple as turning on your phone… there it is! You can’t deny that while fascinating, you don’t understand it…
If Your Data Were Being Manipulated, Would You Notice?
If Your Data Were Being Manipulated, Would You Notice? Our #Cybersecurity SME, Mike Ewell, was featured on GCN! He explains how and why #databreaches happen as we have seen in the public and private sectors: “We’ve all heard of data…