Secure Software Onboarding and Deployment Enablement RFI

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    "description": "The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is exploring solutions to improve the end-to-end process to onboard, deploy, update/patch, and offboard software suppliers and their applications. Key objectives include: \n- Reducing manual effort in assurance and operational processes. \n- Strengthening default security controls. \n- Enhancing multi-tenant separation. \n- Increasing repeatability and speed of delivery. \nWe are particularly interested in solutions that integrate seamlessly into broader environments, with a focus on inputs/outputs, interfaces, standards, evidence generation, and operational workflows. \nIf your organisaiton seeks to respond to this request for information, please request the RFI document from adam.simmons111@mod.gov.uk",
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