Behind the Shield- Episode 1:
In the premiere episode of Behind the Shield, hosts Gary Daemer (CEO of InfusionPoints) and Jason Shropshire (COO) share the story of InfusionPoints’ journey from its early federal and commercial projects to becoming a leader in cloud compliance and security engineering. They discuss how the rise of FedRAMP in 2012 pushed the team to pioneer automation, compliance-as-code, and platform engineering long before it became industry standard.
Listeners will hear candid stories about the “hardware days” of building compliant systems, the painful lessons learned from InfusionPoints’ first customers, and how those experiences fueled the creation of the XccelerATOr platform—a solution that helps SaaS providers accelerate their ATO journey. The conversation also dives into the evolution of platform engineering, opinionated architectures, and the Command Center, InfusionPoints’ “crown jewel” for managing compliance, risk, vulnerabilities, and evidence in a single pane of glass.
This episode sets the stage for the Behind the Shield series: authentic conversations about the challenges, innovations, and future of federal cloud security and compliance—with insights drawn from real-world engineering, not just theory.