Knack Works
Secure mission environments for national security
As mission needs grow more complex, national security teams must deploy applications faster, manage increasing volumes of data and maintain secure, resilient communications across diverse environments. This requires flexible, cloud-agnostic platforms that operate seamlessly across cloud, on-premises and air-gapped systems while meeting strict security standards and avoiding vendor lock-in.
Jacobs’ Knack Works delivers a secure, enterprise-scale development, security and operations (DevSecOps) environment through Knack Stack, its core platform for deploying and operating mission applications.
Built on Kubernetes — a platform that automates the deployment and management of containerized applications — Knack Stack supports hybrid and air-gapped environments while maintaining high security standards. Its cloud-agnostic design reduces migration costs and enables teams to scale and adapt as mission demands evolve. It provides the standardized architecture, common services and automation that underpin Knack Works deployments across mission environments.
Why Knack Works matters
Mission teams need environments that can deploy quickly, operate securely and scale without locking into a single vendor or architecture. Knack Works, delivered through its core platform Knack Stack, provides a standardized environment with controlled interfaces and common services, enabling teams to move faster while maintaining security, reliability and operational control.
Knack Works at a glance
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Secure by Design
Built to meet high national security standards, including ICD 503 compliance.
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Works Anywhere
Supports cloud-agnostic, on-premises, hybrid and air-gapped deployments.
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Built for Operations
Enables automation and DevSecOps support to deploy and sustain mission applications across security domains.
Through Knack Stack, Knack Works supports missions by enabling teams to
Deploy mission applications consistently across secure environments
Operate reliably in disconnected, constrained or air-gapped settings
Manage data access and distribution through controlled interfaces
Reduce integration overhead with standardized services and automation
Sustain operations with built-in monitoring and configuration management
Where Knack Works is applied
Knack Works supports national security workloads across mission environments and can underpin analytics and sensor processing deployments, including BlackLynx, where secure and resilient operations are required.