Databricks has earned High authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its Data Intelligence Platform on Amazon Web Services GovCloud.
Gaining High Authorization
The San Francisco, California-based company said the authorization allows organizations handling sensitive data to innovate while meeting U.S. government security and compliance standards.
Rory Patterson, chairman of the board of Databricks Federal, said, “Data is a critical part of decision making in the government and Databricks is enabling government agencies to understand their organization’s data, identify waste, pass audits, and gain efficiencies — all while remaining secure and compliant.”
Used by over 400 public sector entities, the open-source platform supports analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance national security, fraud prevention, government efficiency and immigration processes.
The authorization expands Databricks’ existing Department of Defense Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization and FedRAMP High and IL5 certifications for Azure Databricks.
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