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EPISODE · May 31, 2026 · 10 MIN

How Palantir Migrated to the Cloud Without Losing Security Clearance

from The CTO Podcast with Fexingo: Technical Leadership, Architecture, and Engineering Org · host Fexingo

Palantir runs critical infrastructure for the US military and intelligence community. In 2020, the company began migrating its entire stack from on-premise government data centers to Amazon Web Services while maintaining top-secret security accreditation. This episode breaks down the technical architecture that made the move possible: how Palantir built a 'cloud bridge' that let legacy and cloud environments run in parallel, the zero-trust networking layer that replaced traditional VPNs, and the compliance automation that turned six-month audits into continuous monitoring. Lucas and Luna also discuss what the migration reveals about the future of defense tech procurement and why the Pentagon's Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract marked a turning point for Silicon Valley and Washington. #Palantir #CloudMigration #AWS #ZeroTrust #GovTech #DefenseTech #SecurityClearance #IL5 #FedRAMP #CloudBridge #Infrastructure #Compliance #Automation #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #CTOPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

Palantir runs critical infrastructure for the US military and intelligence community. In 2020, the company began migrating its entire stack from on-premise government data centers to Amazon Web Services while maintaining top-secret security accreditation. This episode breaks down the technical architecture that made the move possible: how Palantir built a 'cloud bridge' that let legacy and cloud environments run in parallel, the zero-trust networking layer that replaced traditional VPNs, and the compliance automation that turned six-month audits into continuous monitoring. Lucas and Luna also discuss what the migration reveals about the future of defense tech procurement and why the Pentagon's Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract marked a turning point for Silicon Valley and Washington. #Palantir #CloudMigration #AWS #ZeroTrust #GovTech #DefenseTech #SecurityClearance #IL5 #FedRAMP #CloudBridge #Infrastructure #Compliance #Automation #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #CTOPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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