BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID: 1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE: America/Los_Angeles DTSTAMP: 20260618T224245 BEGIN:VEVENT UID: info@vconferenceonline.com SUMMARY:Navigating the Pitfalls on the Path to DoDIN APL Certification PRIORITY:0 CATEGORIES:SESSION CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART:20201022T130000 DTEND:20201022T133000 URL: https://event.vconferenceonline.com DESCRIPTION:The DoDIN APL process is a very confusing, onerous, and obtuse one for equipment vendors to navigate – especially if they have no experience interacting with the US Federal Government or DoD.  Our talk is about all the traps and pitfalls vendors get themselves into that either cause them to fail testing, cause significant delay, or create significant sales challenges with system architectures.  These pitfalls range from process-oriented issues like documentation and certification pre-requisites, but also significantly effect the technical roadblocks that a vendor may experience like CAT 1s, IPv6, multifactor authentication, and overall product security and interoperability readiness.  We hope by the end of this talk, vendors will have a better idea about what pitfalls to avoid by having better certification risk mitigation. LOCATION: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR