Government Cloud

Amazon Web Services has granted Slalom a security competency status, recognizing the Seattle, Washington-based business and technology consulting firm's ability to support customers' cloud integration and deployment efforts.

More

Viasat has showcased the capacity of its software-defined networking router to handle multipath data transmission during a live exercise with the U.S. Army and other stakeholders from the defense, government, academic and private sectors.

More

The General Services Administration has clarified that vendors interested to pursue the Department of Defense's potential $7.8B blanket purchase agreement for back-office cloud services will not be required to be certified to host classified data prior to the date of award.

More

Parsons’ Polaris Alpha subsidiary has achieved the DevOps Competency certification from Amazon Web Services. The status seeks to recognize Parsons’ knowledge and experience in helping clients implement continuous integration and delivery, automation, infrastructure provisioning and other DevOps practices in the cloud, the company said Wednesday. Polaris Alpha has over 40 certifications related to cloud and supported efforts to […] More

Michael Carter, vice president of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and assurance services at Coalfire, has said Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) introduced in July a bill that would propose changes to FedRAMP. “Overall, the key benefits of the legislation, from our view, include improved efficiency in the process (through the […] More

McAfee’s device-to-cloud data protection and threat prevention products are now available on the Department of Homeland Security’s approved product list under the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program. The company said Thursday the DHS list now includes the McAfee MVISION portfolio family of security technologies and the ePolicy Orchestrator on Amazon Web Services. Kenneth Kartsen, vice president […] More

The General Services Administration has issued a request for information on ideas intended for the development of a risk management and single audit tool. GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday that it seeks to incorporate decision management, interagency award trend analysis, financial audit and storage capabilities through a single cloud-based platform with mobile […] More