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iLAB-FAST: AI DevSecOps Platform

Federated AI Secure Transformation — An AI-first DevSecOps platform that embeds security and compliance automation into every stage of software development for DoD programs.

The Challenge

DoD development teams face a critical gap: security and compliance are afterthoughts, discovered late in the development cycle when fixes are expensive and time-consuming.

Manual compliance checks for IL5, STIGs, and CIS benchmarks consume thousands of hours annually
Sophisticated threats evolve faster than traditional security tools can adapt
ATO timelines of 12-18 months delay mission capability
Security findings discovered at deployment are 10x more expensive to fix

The Solution

iLAB-FAST uses four specialized AI agents working autonomously to secure the development pipeline:

Code Security Agent — Scans every commit for vulnerabilities, secrets, and security anti-patterns using Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Compliance Agent — Validates against IL5, STIGs, CIS benchmarks with automated evidence collection
Pipeline Optimization Agent — Predicts and prevents failures through AI analysis using Amazon Nova Pro
Threat Intelligence Agent — Correlates findings with CVE data and real-time threat feeds

Premium tier adds MCP Orchestration where AI agents share context and collaborate through Model Context Protocol using Claude 3 Opus for cross-agent insight sharing and coordinated threat response.

Technology Stack

AWS GovCloud (IL5) AWS CDK Amazon EKS ECS Fargate Amazon Bedrock GitLab CE ArgoCD GuardDuty Security Hub EventBridge

Compliance Coverage

Framework	Coverage
IL5 Baseline	Full coverage (native GovCloud deployment)
Kubernetes STIG V1R11	150+ controls
Container STIG V1R4	50+ controls
Amazon EKS STIG V1R1	40+ controls
CIS EKS Benchmark 1.4.0	100+ controls
FedRAMP High	Aligned (leverages FedRAMP services)

Deployment Timeline

Phase 1 (Weeks 1-6): Infrastructure + Single AI Agent deployment
Phase 2 (Weeks 7-11): Full Base Tier + GitOps integration
Phase 3 (Weeks 12-18): Premium Tier MCP + Security hardening

About the Collaboration

iLAB-FAST was developed in collaboration with Inalab Group, combining Arcanum Cloud's deep AWS GovCloud expertise with Inalab's government contracting experience. This partnership enables delivery of enterprise-grade DevSecOps solutions specifically designed for DoD mission requirements.