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Five companies have obtained priority status to work with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s Joint Authorization Board to secure a provisional authority to operate for their cloud platforms. Cisco Systems, Crowdstrike, Qualtrics, Qualys and Slack Technologies will work with JAB on security package reviews needed to gain P-ATOs for their cloud offerings, FedRAMP […] More
The Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued interim Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 telework guidance and Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government at Zscaler, said the document requires cloud service providers to submit telemetry data to the National Cybersecurity Protection System's EINSTEIN team, FedScoop reported Thursday.
Eric Trexler, vice president of global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, wrote in a Nextgov article published Tuesday that there are three strategies federal agencies should implement to secure data in the public cloud and the first one calls for agency leaders to understand that cloud providers are not responsible for data protection.
Sandeep Shilawat, executive director for cloud and DevOps at ManTech International, wrote in a Forbes article published Tuesday that the federal government should implement a mechanism in the budgeting process to allow program managers to reuse cloud adoption-related cost savings.
John Sankovich, vice president of cloud solutions at ECS, said in an interview published Tuesday that organizations should partner with a managed service provider to help train their employees when it comes to cloud adoption.
Federal agencies seeking to advance automation when it comes to their information technology functions should consider adopting serverless computing architectures, FedTech reported Monday. Scott Buchholz, chief technology officer for Deloitte's government and public services practice, said serverless computing offers benefits to agencies and one of those is reduced cost.
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
ManTech International has teamed up with Purdue University Global to offer a cloud computing degree program to its employees. “We see strong synergy between this exciting new cloud computing education program and our bachelor's and master's degree programs in cyber launched in 2017,“ Kevin Phillips, ManTech president and CEO, said in a statement published Monday. […] More
The Defense Department has launched a second round of comment period for industry to submit questions about DoD's revised request for proposals for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud procurement program, Nextgov reported Friday. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says cloud service providers should send their questions about the amended JEDI cloud RFP through Tuesday, […] More
Telos has developed a template designed to automate processes for compliance with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The company said Tuesday the template issued through its Xacta 360 platform will cover FedRAMP required documentation that includes project registration, assessment, authorization and monitoring. The template is based on authorization playbooks for federal agencies and […] More
Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware, told MeriTalk in an interview published Tuesday that federal agencies should have an exit strategy that would enable them to transition applications from one cloud service provider to another in order to facilitate the migration process and minimize disruption. “Every time I move from one cloud to another, if […] More
George Moraetes, vice president, chief security officer and architect at Securityminders, has said federal agencies should take several measures to evaluate cloud service providers for compliance with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and one of those is through cloud risk assessment. Moraetes wrote in a guest piece published Thursday on IBM's Security Intelligence that agencies […] More
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