Ep. 322 Mattermost Secures Mission Critical Federal Collaboration

Ep. 322 Mattermost Secures Mission Critical Federal Collaboration

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The federal government has an unbelievably wide network. We all know about the IRS citizen-facing websites. We log in from our homes, the server is in the cloud somewhere, and we file our taxes.

At the other end of the spectrum is the military and intelligence community. The military talks about a "contested" environment. This can be in Low Earth Orbit or can be underwater in a submarine. There are no simple connections in that world.

Yet users demand security in a world constantly under attack and disconnected. Resilience means they must not lose packets of information. Also, just to make it interesting, this can be a life-or-death situation.

Into this demanding world steps Corey Hulen, founder and CTO of Mattermost. Their mission is to provide collaboration software designed for high-trust, high-risk environments, including even air-gapped network components.

The software emphasizes resilience in contested environments, ensuring collaboration continues even when network connections are lost.

Hulin highlights the importance of both security and compliance, noting the challenges of meeting multiple regulatory standards.

He also addresses the need for AI to support human decision-making in mission-critical scenarios, ensuring quick, informed responses.