Feds Issue First Government-Wide Cloud Services Security Authorization
Grazed from InformationWeek. Author: J. Nicholas Hoover.In a bid to accelerate and make more cost-effective the adoption of cloud computing, the federal government Thursday issued the first...
View ArticleDOD Information Technology Evolves Toward Cloud Computing
Grazed from Defense.gov. Author: Claudette Roulo.The Defense Department’s information technology infrastructure is on a journey of consolidation, standardization, security and access, the Defense...
View ArticleCongressional commission to look closer at China cloud computing
Grazed from NextGov. Author: Editorial Staff.The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, an advisory group to Congress, is putting more scrutiny on national security threats posed to...
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Security: Google Demands Warrants Before Releasing User Data
Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Chris Talbot.Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is thumbing its nose at law enforcement in the hopes of better protecting its users' data stored on Gmail and Google Drive. Although...
View ArticleDepartment of Defense Enlists Cloud Computing Services
Grazed from Sys Con Media. Author: Patrick Burke.Ask not what your cloud can do for you, but what it can do for your country. The Defense Department's IT infrastructure is on a mission of...
View ArticleCompanies afraid to move to the cloud because of government snooping
Grazed from CloudTech. Author: James Bourne.Cloud security is once again on the agenda after a report from Lieberman Research showed that nearly half of IT professionals were wary of keeping sensitive...
View ArticleDSB task force urges security mandates for DoD cloud computing
Grazed from FierceGovernmentIT. Author: David Perera.Cloud computing adoption within the Defense Department will require establishment of clear security mandates, says a report from a Defense Science...
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Is Amazon providing CIA up to $600 million in cloud computing?
Grazed from Foreign Policy. Author: John Reed.Web commerce giant Amazon is apparently building a cloud-computing network for the CIA. Trade publication Federal Computer Week has reported that the...
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Security: Google, DISA Launch User ID Pilot
Grazed from InformationWeek. Author: Wyatt Kash.The Department of Defense (DOD) is taking tentative steps with Google to tackle one of the primary obstacles to adopting commercial cloud computing: the...
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Amazon wins key cloud security clearance from government
Grazed from Reuters. Author: Alistair Barr.Amazon Web Services, known as AWS, was certified to operate as a cloud service provider for three years under the government's new FedRAMP program. The...
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NIST Publishes Draft Cloud Computing Security Document for Comment
Grazed from NIST.gov. Author: PR Announcement.The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a draft document on security for cloud computing as used in the federal government....
View ArticleNASA says its move to the cloud left major security gaps
Grazed from The Verge. Author: Jacob Kastrenakes.NASA is having some trouble making a move into the cloud. In an internal review, the space agency discovered that many of its ongoing cloud initiatives...
View ArticleCloud Security Frees Up NOAA's Workforce
Grazed from NexGov. Author: Aliya Sternstein.Sometimes consolidation can be a good thing for the federal workforce. Centralizing networks in the cloud has allowed human eyes at the National Oceanic and...
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Vitesse Achieves Federal FIPS Security Certification
Grazed from BusinessWire. Author: PR Announcement.Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: VTSS), a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier, Enterprise and Internet of Things (IoT)...
View ArticleFederal Agencies Strive to Make the Cloud Secure
Grazed from FedTechMagazine. Author: Steve Zurier.Cloud computing has become such a way of life at NASA over the past five or six years that the Jet Propulsion Laboratory IT team thinks of most...
View ArticleLawmakers Want Pentagon to Clarify Cloud Security Standards
Grazed from NextGov. Author: William Matthews.Two House members are proposing legislation they say would ease the way for cloud computing vendors to sell services to the Defense Department. The...
View ArticleGovernment Bill Pushes Cloud Computing for DoD
Grazed from GovInfoSecurity. Author: Jeffrey Roman.Two members of Congress have introduced legislation that's designed to help pave the way for the Department of Defense to make greater use of cloud...
View ArticleHow government can securely leverage cloud environments
Grazed from GCN. Author: Dan Chenok. In recent years, federal agencies have made significant strides incorporating cloud computing into their IT portfolios. From the OMB “Cloud First” strategy, to...
View ArticleSelling cloud computing to government: beyond the privacy and security debate
Grazed from TheLawyer. Author: Caroline Atkins and Katherine Armytage.Cloud computing is a major trend in today’s ICT environment. However, unlike participants in some other sectors, governments in the...
View ArticleFBI seeks information about cloud services to store criminal justice data
Grazed from FierceGovernmentIT. Author: Henry Kenyon.The FBI is seeking commercial cloud-computing options that can store vast amounts of criminal justice data. In a recent request for information, the...
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