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You can only get what you give. Remember: people want to work with and do business with people they like. Vulnerability is key to likability. “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” -Brene Brown Building and maintaining meaningful professional relationships will not only make you more engaged and committed to your organization and business; it can also open doors to new clients, career advancement, and raises. Kelda Senior is a GovLoop Featured Contributor. She is a business development and accredited public relations professional from Florida. For the past 10 years, Kelda has served as a communications.

Community outreach specialist in local, state and federal government, with an emphasis on the transportation sector since 2012. Kelda is the owner of Senior Communications LLC, a B2B Email List boutique public relations firm focused on helping emerging brands cultivate their message and move their audiences to action. Kelda holds a B.A. in journalism and a master of public administration – both from the University of Central Florida in Orlando. You can read her posts here.ration software often feels like competing priorities in government. On one hand, software developers are responding to the needs of end users, updating code and testing quality before deploying.



The rapid pace of software development at even the most agile organizations is no match for the monolithic security review at the end of that process. checks aren’t integrated into developers’ workflows, they can unnecessarily delay software releases, potentially creating greater vulnerabilities if issues slip through the cracks and frustrating everyone involved. “It’s a bit of a square peg, round hole problem,” said Cindy Blake, Senior Security Evangelist at GitLab, a popular web-based DevOps software development lifecycle tool. “Software is a fundamental part of operationalizing any mission, and speed to mission is essential.” But how can agencies truly “shift left” and empower developers to find and fix vulnerabilities early so that they are improving speed to mission and efficiencies.