First set of cloud providers to get cyber approval by Dec. 31
November 7, 2012
Grazed from Federal News Radio. Author: Jason Miller.
The General Services Administration is working overtime to get the first set of cloud-computing services through their cyber hurdles. The Federal Risk Authorization and Management Program (FedRAMP) is five months into its initial operating capability of reviewing and offering preliminary approval to vendors which meet the cyber standards for cloud services. And the list of agencies and companies wanting to take part is growing faster than expected.
"We’ve got over 50 applications from cloud service providers. We’ve got six in the queue, and we have a target of issuing three [vendors a] Joint Authorization Board-approved authority to operate by the end of the calendar year," said Kathy Conrad, GSA’s principal deputy associate administrator in GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and IT, which runs the FedRAMP program office. "We’ve also got 15 accredited third-party assessment organizations and more in the queue."…
Conrad, who spoke last month at the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board meeting in Washington, said the interest isn’t only from vendors. GSA surveyed agencies to find out how they want to use FedRAMP…
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