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Subsentio Gets US Export Approval for Cloud-Based Virtual Surveillance Tool

Centennial, Colorado-based electronic surveillance services provider Subsentio has secured clearance from the U.S. government to export a cloud-based virtual surveillance platform to a customer in Europe. The company said Tuesday its Subsentio cloud-based virtual lawful intercept platform meets the European Telecommunications Standards Instituteâ€™s technical requirements. Steve Bock, Subsentio president and CEO, saidÂ the approval reflects the […] More

by Jane Edwards April 19, 2017, 5:10 am
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Oracleâ€™s Mark Johnson: Agencies Should Consider End-to-End App Security Tools in Cloud Transition

Mark Johnson, director of modern platform for government atÂ Oracle, has said that agencies should consider three factors beforeÂ moving information technology systems to the cloud and one of them is to adopt end-to-end security platforms. Johnson wrote in an FCW commentary piece published Friday that such security tools should work to protect applications from cyber vulnerabilities […] More

by Jane Edwards April 17, 2017, 9:02 am
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RMS Debuts Property Mgmt System on FedRAMP-Authorized Private Cloud

RMS‘ North American subsidiary has introduced a property management system on a Project Hosts-built cloud platform that is certified under theÂ Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. RMS – The Hospitality CloudÂ is now available toÂ Defense DepartmentÂ and federal civilian clients via Project Hosts’ Federal Private Cloud, RMSÂ said Wednesday. The systemÂ worksÂ to help customersÂ manage real estate properties, reservations, dining […] More

by Scott Nicholas April 13, 2017, 8:41 am
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Druva Cloud Data Protection Tech Gets FedRAMP ‘In Process’ Designation

Druva‘s cloud-based data protection technology offering has received “in process” statusÂ under theÂ Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The designation is for theÂ DruvaÂ inSyncÂ platform andÂ reflectsÂ the company’s commitment to meet federal government security requirements for data availability management and information governance across cloud applications, DruvaÂ said Tuesday. InSyncÂ is designed to support cloud application backup and archival, data compliance monitoring, […] More

by Scott Nicholas April 12, 2017, 7:24 am
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Blackboard’s Learning Mgmt System Now Available on AWS Govt Cloud

Blackboard has launched itsÂ learning management system inÂ Amazon Web Services‘ GovCloudÂ (US) regionÂ in a push to help government agencies manageÂ online learning programs in aÂ cloud environment. Washington, D.C.-based Blackboard said Monday the availability of Blackboard Learn on AWS GovCloud will support Blackboard’s effortsÂ to obtainÂ Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program accreditation. Blackboard Learn is designed to provideÂ virtual learning support […] More

by Ramona Adams April 11, 2017, 7:14 am
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DXC Technology, Microsoft Seek to Facilitate Hybrid Cloud Adoption With New Service Offering

Microsoft and DXC Technology have teamed up to provide a new service offering designed to help clients manage workloads across the Microsoft Azure public cloud platform and DXCâ€™s data centers. The DXC Services for Azure offering will work to help users facilitate hybrid and public cloud adoption as well as access Azure services in DXCâ€™s […] More

by Jane Edwards April 5, 2017, 7:33 am
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Salesforce Gov’t Cloud Gets DISA Impact Level 4 Provisional Authorization; Dave Rey Comments

SalesforceÂ has secured provisional authorizationÂ at Impact Level 4 from the Defense Information Systems Agency for the deployment of the company’s cloud platform forÂ the public sector. The IL4 provisional authorization serves to enable Defense DepartmentÂ mission owners and contractors to useÂ Salesforce Government CloudÂ to manage controlledÂ unclassified information, the company said Tuesday. “The aerospace and defense sectors are ripe for […] More

by Anna Forrester April 4, 2017, 2:48 pm
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VMWare’s Bill Rowan: Cloud Migration Projects to Drive Govt IT Automation

Bill Rowan,Â vice president of federal sales atÂ VMware, has said government agencies’ cloud migration efforts and use of technologies such asÂ software-defined networking could lead to increasedÂ automation, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Rowan, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, told Jason MillerÂ in an interview thatÂ automation can help agenciesÂ isolate malware during an attack; protect connected systems; […] More

by Ramona Adams April 3, 2017, 9:22 am
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AWSâ€™ Jennifer Chronis: Commercial Cloud Works to Offer Security, Scalability to DoD

Jennifer Chronis, general manager for theÂ Defense DepartmentÂ market at Amazon Web Services, has said there are five ways how cloud platforms could benefit DoD and service personnel and one of those is security. Chronis wrote in an article published in the March 2017 issue of the National Defense magazine that there has been â€œwidespread recognitionâ€ in […] More

by Jane Edwards April 3, 2017, 8:54 am
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SolarWinds Report: Majority of Public Sector Orgs Migrate IT Infrastructure to Cloud

A new SolarWinds report shows that 96 percent of public sector organizations have moved information technology systems and applications to the cloud in the past 12 months. SolarWindsÂ said WednesdayÂ it polled 75 IT leaders and practitioners from public sector institutions in the U.S. and Canada in December 2016 and found that 75 percent of respondents allocate […] More

by Jane Edwards March 31, 2017, 9:25 am
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AWS Gets FedRAMP P-ATO Approvals for 9 New GovCloud (US) Services

Amazon Web ServicesÂ has received provisional authority-to-operate from theÂ Federal Risk and Authorization Management Programâ€™s joint authorization board for nine services designed for use in the AWS GovCloud (US)Â Region platform. The board issued the P-ATO approvals after it evaluated AWSâ€™ cloud service offerings against FedRAMPâ€™s high-impact level security requirements, AWS said Wednesday. AWS saidÂ AWS CloudFormation is one […] More

by Jane Edwards March 30, 2017, 9:17 am
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Deltekâ€™s Alex Rossino Examines Covered Defense Info Clauseâ€™s Potential Implications for Cloud Service Providers

Alex Rossino, a principal research analyst atÂ Deltek,Â has said companies that provide cloud services to the Defense Department should consider three potential implications of a Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement clause and one of those is the use of the clause in solicitations. Rossino wrote in a blog entryÂ posted Wednesday that DoD contracting staff may alter […] More

by Jane Edwards March 24, 2017, 9:37 am