Ep. 278 How to deliver Secure, Compliant, and Scalable Cloud Databases for Federal Missions

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MongoDB has spent years earning a formidable reputation in the developer world; today, we will unpack some of its capabilities for project managers and federal leaders so they can understand where MongoDB may fit in their stack.

Conventional wisdom is that MongoDB is a flexible open-source database. Although that is true, this does not do justice to some characteristics that will appeal to the federal audience.

ONE: An agency may have restrictions on where the cloud is not suitable for storage. Because of its ability to use flexible, JSON-like documents, MongoDB has listened to those needs and can have storage in many varying regions.

In fact, we have seen a movement to move cloud applications back on premises. MongoDB provides flexibility for working in both hybrid and on-premises environments.

TWO: Most readers have studied encryption and think of it primarily as data at rest. Cloud storage transitions have forced a method where data is encrypted during transit.

MongoDB can take encrypted data and search while it remains encrypted. Some will describe encryption at rest, in transit, and now, data in use.

THREE MongoDB has listened to the federal community and is offering something called MongoDB Atlas for Government. It is a secure, fully managed cloud database service for U.S. Government agencies to modernize applications and oversee sensitive data.

During the interview, Ben Cephalo revealed the effort MongoDB is making to serve federal agencies that require FedRAMP high capabilities.