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RMF is a set of standards that seeks to streamline product ap- proval and is designed to sup- port firmware and other soft- ware updates without a need to re-certify . When done correctly , the frame- work makes life easier and even allows for cross-agency approv- al . E . g ., if the DoD has approved and enrolled a certain
device or software application in their system , then the Army doesn ’
t have to run their own
multi- month vetting process from scratch
.
The inability to adapt in this way was a weakness of the pre- ceding DIACAP standard . The RMF enables
departments and agencies to have more ac- cess to bleeding edge technol- ogy than in the past
. Manufacturers need to have
a well thought out roadmap for updates , and when the next
re- vision comes , the process needs to be fast and largely invisible to operations .
What is your
performance like in real-world condi- tions ? Performance can mean
different things to different organizations
.
When talking about cameras , optics are clearly at the top of the list .
Any camera looks great in the daytime but identifying
threats against facilities and person- nel demands more than excel- lent lenses and sensors .
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