Government Cloud

The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for information to support plans to transfer its enterprise endpoint security system to a cloud environment certified by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The migration of the Enterprise Anti-Virus Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System will include operations and maintenance support for the current environment and […] More

Thales and Microsoft have teamed up to build a cloud platform designed to help the armed forces and other defense clients store and secure classified and sensitive data within their information technology infrastructure. Microsoft said Tuesday it will integrate its Azure Stack hybrid cloud platform with Thales’ cybersecurity and encryption tools to develop the defense […] More

Pulse Secure has made its virtual application delivery controller platforms available on Amazon Web Services’ GovCloud (US) region through AWS Marketplace to help federal agencies develop agile applications in the cloud. Marion Smith, vice president and general manager of Pulse Secure’s virtual ADC business unit, said in a statement issued Tuesday the company’s virtual ADS […] More

Microsoft‘s plan to acquire software development platform GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock by the end of 2018 could position the former as a key provider of federal cloud computing services due to the latter’s deals with government agencies. Laura Criste, a federal market analyst with Bloomberg Government, wrote in an analysis published Friday that […] More

Subject matter experts at CACI International will deliver a presentation about cloud computing technology at Amazon Web Services‘ 2018 Public Sector Summit, scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C. on June 20 and 21. The ‘Tech Talk’ forum will cover the five benchmarks of cloud-native design and the use of DevSecOps methodology to support automation and continuous operational […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Box to provide a cloud-based technology platform for DARPA personnel to collaborate with each other and external research partners. Box said Tuesday it will provide a cloud content management platform along with data management, governance and protection expertise in support of the agency’s digital workplace initiatives. “We are thrilled to support […] More

ViON President Jeff Henry has said the company built a cloud platform in a push to support government clients’ information technology modernization efforts. Henry told MeriTalk in an interview published Friday the Herndon, Va.-based contractor works to procure and install IT systems on site for customer agencies, as well as helps them manage infrastructure capacity via […] More

Michael Pitcher, vice president of technical cyber services at Coalfire’s federal business, has said government agencies should perform continuous monitoring operations in the cloud to protect cloud-based assets from cyber vulnerabilities. Pitcher wrote in a blog post published Friday that agencies should understand their continuous monitoring approach as the cloud becomes a part of the […] More

Donald Robinson, chief technology officer of General Dynamics‘ information technology unit, has said the company aims to secure Impact Level 6 authorization for the milCloud 2.0 platform by 2019 to help the Defense Department manage classified data, Nextgov reported Wednesday. MilCloud 2.0 is powered by CSRA, which General Dynamics bought for approximately $9.7 billion in […] More