Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Podcast Series

Typically, people who believe themselves to be Agile, believe that developers realize the best results when they focus on empowered teams, collaboration with stakeholders, avoiding unnecessary work, and receiving frequent feedback. Agilests hate the term "process" because they use the word somewhat differently than we do. The word "process," however, can be defined as something done repeatedly, with some discipline, and to achieve an end. In this podcast, Bill Nichols discusses how a disciplined process enables and enhances agility. Listen on Apple Podcasts.

Managing technical debt, which refers to the rework and degraded quality resulting from overly hasty delivery of software capabilities to users, is an increasingly critical aspect of producing cost-effective, timely, and high-quality software products. A delicate balance is needed between the desire to release new software capabilities rapidly to satisfy users and the desire to practice sound software engineering that reduces rework. In this podcast, Ipek Ozkaya discusses the SEI's research on the strategic management of technical debt, which involves decisions made to defer necessary work during the planning or execution of a software project. Listen on Apple Podcasts.

Soldiers can use handheld mobile computing devices (aka smart-phones) to help with various tasks, such as speech and image recognition, natural language processing, decision making and mission planning. There are challenges to achieving these capabilities such as unreliable networks and bandwidth, lack of computational power, and the toll that computation-intensive tasks take on battery power. In this episode, Grace discusses research that she is leading to overcome these challenges by using cloudlets, which are localized, lightweight servers running one or more virtual machines on which soldiers can offload expensive computations from their handheld mobile devices, thereby providing greater processing capacity and helping conserve battery power. Listen on Apple Podcasts.

CERT-RMM can be used to establish and meet resilience requirements for a wide range and diverse set of business objectives. Related Courses Introduction to the CERT Resilience Management Model CERT Resilience Management Model (CERT-RMM) Users Group Workshop Series Listen on Apple Podcasts.

Implementing CERT-RMM requires well-defined improvement objectives, sponsorship, proper scoping and diagnosis, and defined processes and measures. Related Courses: Introduction to the CERT Resilience Management Model CERT Resilience Management Model (CERT-RMM) Users Group Workshop Series Listen on Apple Podcasts.

Security controls, including those for insider threat, are the safeguards necessary to protect information and information systems. Related Course Insider Threat Workshop Listen on Apple Podcasts.

Implementing secure coding standards to reduce the number of vulnerabilities that can escape into operational systems is a sound business decision. Related Course Secure Coding in C and C++ Listen on Apple Podcasts.

Protecting the internet and its users against cyber attacks requires a significant increase in the number of skilled cyber warriors. Related Courses Information Security for Technical Staff Fundamentals of Incident Handling Listen on Apple Podcasts.

Electronic health records bring many benefits along with security and privacy challenges. Listen on Apple Podcasts.

Measures of operational resilience should answer key questions, inform decisions, and affect behavior. Related Course Introduction to the CERT Resilience Management Model Listen on Apple Podcasts.