DoD is committed to pursuing cloud-based services and steadily has been improving its capabilities to utilize the technology. The latest evidence of its embracing the cloud is approval of a protocol that will facilitate the use of the technology at higher security levels. The department’s Defense Information Systems Agency has granted provisional authorization for the use of cloud services to levels 3 to 5 of its Cloud Security Model. DISA’s authorization, revealed last month by Amazon Web Services, applies to the AWS GovCloud offering.
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DoD Ramps Up Security as It Drifts Toward Cloud
Posted by: John K. Higgins September 12, 2014 05:00 AMDoD is committed to pursuing cloud-based services and steadily has been improving its capabilities to utilize the technology. The latest evidence of its embracing the cloud is approval of a protocol that will facilitate the use of the technology at higher security levels. The department’s Defense Information Systems Agency has granted provisional authorization for the use of cloud services to levels 3 to 5 of its Cloud Security Model. DISA’s authorization, revealed last month by Amazon Web Services, applies to the AWS GovCloud offering.