DISA in Compliance with Cloud Security Standards
November 5, 2014
Grazed from NextGov. Author: Editorial Staff.
The Defense Information Systems Agency currently offers its military customers certified cloud computing services from three vendors and has another seven under assessment for compliance with governmentwide security standards, top agency officials told Nextgov. FedRAMP reviews aim to speed the adoption of cloud deployments across government by allowing cloud services to be vetted once – at a particular security level – and then deployed by a multitude of agencies. Agencies must comply with FedRAMP as a matter of federal policy.
But as noted in a recent review from the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, neither the FedRAMP program office nor the Joint Authorization Board — made up of the chief information officers of General Services Administration and the departments of Defense and Homeland Security — can force agencies to comply with FedRAMP…
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