Rancher Government and Sequoia Partner to Strengthen Kubernetes Security and Software Supply Chain for Federal, Classified Environments

Rancher Government and Sequoia Partner to Strengthen Kubernetes Security and Software Supply Chain for Federal, Classified Environments

Media Contact:
Don Poole
VP Corporate Communications, Rancher Government Solutions
don.poole@ranchergovernment.com
(844) RGS-7779

Jill Abbott
Head of Sales Enablement, Sequoia Holdings, LLC
jabbott@sequoiainc.com
(571) 408-0123

Rancher Government Solutions (RGS), the leader in Kubernetes management for government agencies, and Sequoia Holdings, LLC., a trusted expert in DevSecOps and secure workload migration, today announced a strategic partnership to enhance software supply chain security, classified workload deployments, and Kubernetes management for the Department of Defense (DOD), Intelligence Community (IC), and federal civilian agencies.

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This collaboration integrates Rancher Government Carbide, an end-to-end solution for zero-trust software supply chain security, with Sequoia’s Combine platform, a "digital twin" environment that enables secure and seamless software validation for high-side deployments. The partnership ensures that government agencies and ecosystem technology partners can develop, test, and optimize their applications in an unclassified environment before deploying into classified networks, reducing risk and enhancing mission readiness.

“Rancher Government Solutions is committed to providing government customers with secure, scalable Kubernetes environments that meet the highest security standards,” said Brandon Gulla, CTO of Rancher Government Solutions. “By combining our Kubernetes management and Carbide’s software supply chain security with Sequoia’s Combine platform, we’re enabling agencies to confidently deploy applications into classified environments while ensuring zero-trust protection from development to deployment.”

Sequoia’s Combine platform plays a critical role in overcoming the four major challenges of deploying workloads in classified environments including: Access Control and Identity Management, Service Parity and Endpoint Emulation, Air-Gapped Networking, and Secure Software Development.

Access Control & Identity Management – Navigating unique authentication policies across different agencies.
Service Parity & Endpoint Emulation – Ensuring that workloads built in unclassified environments function correctly in high-side environments.
Air-Gapped Networking – Managing software dependencies in isolated, classified networks.
Secure Software Deployment – Validating and testing mission-critical software before deployment to ensure operational readiness.

“Sequoia Combine is an essential capability for agencies and partners moving workloads into classified environments,” said John Schnelle, Principal Solutions Architect at Sequoia. “By integrating Combine with RGS’s Kubernetes management and Carbide supply chain security, we’re providing a trusted, end-to-end solution that enables government customers to accelerate secure DevSecOps without risk or delay.”

Key Benefits of the Partnership:

End-to-End Software Supply Chain Security – Rancher Government Carbide provides zero-trust enforcement, ensuring that only validated and trusted code enters government environments.
Seamless Classified Workload Deployments – Sequoia Combine enables real-world emulation of classified environments, reducing errors and mission risk.
Optimized Air-Gapped Kubernetes Operations – Secure Kubernetes management for DOD and IC environments, ensuring compliance with STIG and cybersecurity mandates.
Multi-Cloud and On-Prem Integration – Secure, scalable solutions across AWS, Azure, Oracle, and on-prem environments.

This strategic partnership empowers government agencies, intelligence organizations, and ecosystem partners to confidently navigate the unique security challenges of classified DevSecOps while eliminating the risks of unvalidated software deployment.

About Rancher Government Solutions

Rancher Government Solutions is specifically designed to address the unique security and operational needs of the U.S. Government and Military as it relates to application modernization, Linux, containers, and Kubernetes.

Rancher is a complete open-source software stack for teams adopting containers. It addresses the operational and security challenges of managing multiple Kubernetes clusters at scale while providing DevOps teams with integrated tools for running containerized workloads.

RGS supports all Rancher products with U.S.-based American citizens who are currently supporting programs across the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Civilian Agencies. For more information, visit www.ranchergovernment.com.

About Sequoia

Sequoia Holdings, LLC, founded in 2012, is an award-winning employee-owned provider of high-end software development and engineering services focused on enhancing data analysis, collection, collaboration, and sharing.

Sequoia specializes in DevSecOps, integrating security seamlessly into the development process to enable rapid and secure software delivery in Government cloud environments. Our software development and integration capabilities span full lifecycle support, from initial design to deployment, with a focus on building scalable, secure, and mission-critical applications. Sequoia’s Combine platform plays a key role in supporting Test, Evaluation, Validation, and Verification by providing a proven low-to-high development environment.

For more information, visit www.sequoiainc.com