System Integration and Standards Questions

Covers designing and integrating new systems to interoperate with existing infrastructure while adhering to or thoughtfully deviating from industry standards. Topics include understanding relevant standards such as federal information processing standards and transport layer security standards, handling cryptographic compatibility and algorithm agility, designing for graceful degradation and backward compatibility, managing version compatibility and breaking changes, application programming interface versioning strategies, data migration during upgrades, legacy system integration patterns, and clear upgrade and deprecation strategies. Also includes risk identification and mitigation for compatibility issues, testing and validation approaches for integration points, and security considerations when connecting disparate systems.