Data Accessibility Challenges

Moving data and applications to the edge

Step 1

Design architecture

Step 2

Configure software, hardware, and the network

Step 3

Plan, build, test, secure, and deploy

Step 4

Operate and maintain edge environments
Challenge: Government agencies have long recognized the tremendous potential of edge computing to accelerate data processing, analysis, and decisioning for mission operations. Yet for the DoD to operationalize edge computing, it must overcome numerous challenges that include not only software but also hardware and connectivity.
What’s at Stake: Latency and low bandwidth environments, different device profiles, security, ability to scale, and ability to deploy software all present unique challenges to run software on edge devices.
Solution: To address these challenges, we’ve developed Ibis Edge—a software, hardware, and network solution that can enable government agencies to rapidly deploy and operate edge computing environments. We use DoD-approved reference architectures, tools, and processes so that any customer can deploy and operate software on edge devices. The foundation of our solution is a device-agnostic DevSecOps software solution known as Platform One “Big Bang” that can be configured for a wide range of edge devices.
Capabilities:
  • Secure Cloud Architecture: Assessing and architecting secure cloud environments
  • DevSecOps: Building and managing DevSecOps infrastructure (e.g., CI/CD)
  • Platform engineering: Refactoring to cloud environment and services (e.g., serverless)
  • Cybersecurity: Achieving Authority to Operate (ATO) and continuous ATO
  • Operations: Managing cloud common services
Methodologies: Secure Cloud Architecture, DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, Cybersecurity Understanding User behaviors and needs
Case Highlight: U.S. Air Force, Platform One Big Bang. The U.S. Air Force has revolutionized its software development practices with the implementation of software factories that use modern software design and development tools and practices. One of the most successful software factories is Air Force Life Cycle Management’s “Platform One (P1)” whose mission is to transform how the DoD delivers warfighter capability through innovative frameworks, collaborative culture, and secure software. Ibis supports one of P1’s offerings known as “Big Bang,” which provides users with a baseline declarative, continuous delivery tool for deploying DoD hardened and approved packages into a Kubernetes cluster. Ibis provides critical support for Big Bang across multiple disciplines including Edge Computing, Pipeline & Infrastructure, Storage, Tools & Automation, and Security & Compliance. The Ibis team supports the development of a full stack solution for Big Bang for edge devices so that software and data can be deployed and operated on air gapped edge devices.

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