The Defense Department has issued an interim rule that amends a provision in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to enable contractors to implement National Institute of Standards and Technology security requirements through
MoreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology is developing new guidelines on cloud security controls to supplement the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s baselines and impact levels, FierceGovernmentIT reported Thursday. Molly Bernhart Walker
MoreThe Defense Department is pushing forward its cloud adoption efforts and industry dialogue following recent updates on the commercial cloud acquisition policy and the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s cloud security guidelines, Nextgov reported
MoreAn upcoming release of the Defense Department‘s new cloud strategy aims to give individual agencies the capability to pursue commercial cloud procurements independently compared to the current cloud brokerage practice, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Frank
MoreThe Defense Information Systems Agency is working with the military to identify mission-critical systems and running pilot tests for the additional Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Level 3 security requirements, Federal News Radio
MoreThe long-anticipated guidance regarding how contractors can provide the federal government cloud solutions was unveiled Thursday after nearly two years of being in the works. Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel issued
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Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew has signed off on the federal government’s cloud security guidance known as FedRAMP according to a Federal News Radio report. FedRAMP has been in
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Fears surrounding the security of public cloud computing have been exaggerated to discourage the federal governmentâs move to the cloud, federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra said Wednesday. Computerworld reports Kundra spoke
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Despite all the talk of cloud computing in the federal sector and, more important, action on cloud computing, security questions have threatened to overwhelm the governmentâs âcloud-firstâ policy with question marks. While
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