DoD accelerates security rules for cloud computing

February 23, 2015 Off By David

Grazed from FederalRadioNews. Author: Jared Serbu.

The Pentagon is already working on changes to federal acquisition rules which would require stepped-up notification procedures when private companies hosting DoD data have their systems penetrated by hackers. But the department evidently feels a sense of urgency about those rules when it comes to its still-emerging use of cloud computing.

On Feb. 8, DoD published a class deviation — a sparsely-used procedure that lets the department implement regulatory changes immediately — telling all of its contracting officers that if they are purchasing anything remotely resembling cloud computing services, they must follow new procedures the DoD CIO laid out last month in its new security requirements guide for cloud computing…

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