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  • AWS Govt Cloud Platform Obtains Provisional Authorization to Host DoD Impact Level 5 Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Govt Cloud Platform Obtains Provisional Authorization to Host DoD Impact Level 5 Data

    Amazon Web Services has received provisional authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency to host the Defense Department‘s Impact Level 5 workloads in the company’s isolated cloud region for U.S. government customers. Organizations working with DoD can now use GovCloud (US) to comply with the DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide for impact levels 5, 2 and […] More

  • Teresa Carlson: AWS to Increase Cloud Infrastructure Investment in Australia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teresa Carlson: AWS to Increase Cloud Infrastructure Investment in Australia

    Teresa Carlson, vice president of worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services, has said the company’s Australian operations will receive infrastructure upgrades to meet anticipated customer demand, The Australian Financial Review reported Monday. Carlson told the publication that AWS constantly evolves its cloud infrastructure in Australia as part of efforts to “innovate ahead of demand […] More

  • CSRA to Test Navy HR Mgmt System on AWS Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA to Test Navy HR Mgmt System on AWS Cloud

    CSRA has obtained authorization from the U.S. Navy to test a new integrated pay and personnel system for the service branch on Amazon Web Services‘ cloud platform. The Interim Authorization to Test permits CSRA to assess the viability and flexibility of running a commercial off-the-shelf human resource management platform on AWS cloud, CSRA said Wednesday. The COTS HRM system will […] More

  • Tiag Obtains AWS Consulting Partner Accreditation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tiag Obtains AWS Consulting Partner Accreditation

    Amazon Web Services has designated tiag as a consulting partner under the AWS Public Sector Partner Program, which is comprised of companies that support the cloud operations of government, education or non-profit customers. Reston, Viginia-based tiag said Friday it has been authorized to support customer missions in all program categories including government; nonprofit; primary and K-12 education; […] More

  • AWS Debuts Software Marketplace for GovCloud US Region - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Debuts Software Marketplace for GovCloud US Region

    Amazon Web Services has launched an online marketplace in the company’s GovCloud U.S. region to help independent software vendors customize, maintain and update products for government clients that require regulatory compliance. The new AWS Marketplace is designed to also help customer agencies at the federal, state, and local levels to identify and procure software that can support regulated workloads, AWS […] More

  • Telos Offers Automated Risk Mgmt Software to AWS Govt Cloud Users - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos Offers Automated Risk Mgmt Software to AWS Govt Cloud Users

    Telos has begun to offer its automated risk management platform to government users of Amazon Web Services‘ GovCloud isolated cloud region. Xacta 360 is now available in the AWS GovCloud Marketplace and the AWS Marketplace for commercial buyers, Telos said Friday. Richard Johnson, manager of cloud information system security at the Department of Homeland Security, said DHS […] More

  • Trend Micro to Offer Security Platform via AWS GovCloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Trend Micro to Offer Security Platform via AWS GovCloud

    Trend Micro has made its cloud security platform available to federal customers via Amazon Web Services‘ U.S. government public cloud to help agencies maintain continuous compliance with security requirements. The Deep Security offering is designed to help customers secure workload and increase operational efficiency in the cloud, Trend Micro said Thursday. The XGen-powered platform also features the […] More

  • AWS Demos Use of AI-Powered Image Analysis Service for DoD Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Demos Use of AI-Powered Image Analysis Service for DoD Missions

    Amazon Web Services has demonstrated the potential defense applications of an artificial intelligence service designed to help software developers build image analysis applications. Amazon Rekognition employs deep learning methods to automatically identify objects and scenes as well as support image tagging to let users search for images using key words, AWS said Monday. The AI service also works to recognize […] More

  • Thales' Data Security Platform Adds New Encryption, Tokenization, Key Mgmt Functions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales’ Data Security Platform Adds New Encryption, Tokenization, Key Mgmt Functions

    Thales has updated its data security management platform with new encryption, tokenization and key management features. The company said Wednesday the latest version of its Vormetric Data Security Manager provides support for the Vormetric Transparent Encryption Live Data Transformation tool, which is designed to lessen downtime during efforts to re-key and transform encrypted data. Thales also introduced the […] More

  • USCIS Seeks Info on 'DevSecOps' Support Sources for Cloud-Based Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USCIS Seeks Info on ‘DevSecOps’ Support Sources for Cloud-Based Systems

    The Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has asked information on potential vendors that can provide development, security and operations support services, Nextgov reported Monday. USCIS said in a July 12 notice on FedBizOpps it wants information on how companies apply “DevSecOps” to machine learning, analytics, big data and other fields. The […] More

  • InfoReliance Meets AWS Workload Competency Requirements for 3 Microsoft Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    InfoReliance Meets AWS Workload Competency Requirements for 3 Microsoft Platforms

    Amazon Web Services has granted certification to Fairfax County, Virginia-based InfoReliance for the latter company’s capacity to help customers migrate, deploy or manage Microsoft workloads to an AWS platform. InfoReliance said Friday it demonstrated technical expertise to support Microsoft-based Exchange, SharePoint and SQL Server platforms through customer case studies under the AWS Partner Competency Program. John Sankovich, executive vice president of InfoReliance’s […] More

  • Gigamon to Offer Visibility Platform on AWS Govt Cloud; Dennis Reilly Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gigamon to Offer Visibility Platform on AWS Govt Cloud; Dennis Reilly Comments

    Gigamon has launched its visibility platform on Amazon Web Services‘ GovCloud environment to help public sector organizations manage and secure sensitive data and regulated workloads. Gigamon said Tuesday the availability of the Visibility offering builds on the company’s push to offer first-to-market services in the AWS Cloud as well as efforts to achieve a public sector […] More