The FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board (JAB) has granted Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Government Cloud Services a provisional authority to operate, the company announced Tuesday. "Achieving a FedRAMP JAB P-ATO is a key step as we help our public sector customers take advantage of OCI's security, innovation, and cost savings for their missions." said Scott Twaddle, vice president of Oracle's regulated markets for OCI.
Read More »Coalfire’s Michael Carter: House Bill Aims to Address Redundant Assessments Under FedRAMP
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 …
Read More »FedRAMP Board Issues Provisional ATO to 20 AWS Cloud Services
Amazon Web Services has obtained provisional Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification from the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board to offer 20 cloud services to government agencies. AWS said Monday the new provisional authority-to-operate at the “Moderate” baseline will centralize the maintenance for the P-ATO of 10 AWS services that are previously …
Read More »Accenture Gets FedRAMP Provisional Authorization for Cloud-Based Analytics Platform
Accenture‘s federal services business has received a provisional authority-to-operate from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Joint Authorization Board for a platform-as-a-service cloud offering. The Accenture Insights Platform for Government is a cloud-based tool that works to provide agencies with analytics, data access and visualization functionalities to help accelerate the development …
Read More »SAP NS2 Gets FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Human Capital Mgmt Suite
SAP National Security Services has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer a set of cloud-based human capital management platforms to federal agencies. The SAP NS2 Secure Node with SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite – DoD is a set of software-as-a-service-based talent management, learning management, workforce analytics and talent …
Read More »FedRAMP Board Prioritizes 7 Cloud Firms for Provisional Authorization Process
Seven companies have gained priority status to work with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program‘s Joint Authorization Board to obtain a provisional authority-to-operate for different cloud technology and service offerings. FedRAMP said Tuesday the seven cloud service providers were selected to participate in the FedRAMP Connect initiative based on government demand for …
Read More »Datapipe Obtains FedRAMP Certification for PaaS Cloud Platform
Datapipe has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for the company’s platform-as-a-service offering to government agencies. FedRAMP’s Joint Authorization Board certified the Datapipe Government Cloud platform as compliant with 800-53 Revision 4 controls that cover privacy and additional security measures. Datapipe provides operating and security services to support an organization’s virtual operating system and virtual network layer through PaaS. Dan …
Read More »Microsoft’s Cloud-Based CRM Platform Gets FedRAMP Board OK Via Accelerated Authorization Process
Microsoft has received a provisional authority-to-operate from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program‘s joint authorization board for the company’s cloud-based customer relationship management software offering for public sector clients. The company said Thursday its Dynamics CRM Online Government platform has been granted P-ATO at moderate level through the FedRAMP Accelerated process that works to expedite the CSP certification timeline …
Read More »GSA FedRAMP Team Requests Public Comment on Vendor Prioritization Criteria
The General Services Administration‘s Joint Authorization Board has asked for public comment in aid of ongoing efforts to finalize a criteria on how GSA will select vendors to provisionally authorize in support of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Matt Goodrich, FedRAMP director, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday the move is …
Read More »General Dynamics To Develop Army Joint Assault Bridge
General Dynamics’ land systems business unit will develop two Joint Assault Bridge prototypes for the U.S. Army, the company announced Wednesday. The company received a $26 million contract to deliver JAB prototypes and test support packages to the Army’s testing center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. According to the company, …
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