Tag Archives: FedRAMP

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to launch a competition for a potential $100M contract to provide infrastructure hosting services in cloud environments run by Amazon Web Services and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT). 

Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and head of corporate compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), said the Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 draft guidance could help agencies remove barriers to cloud adoption and ensure cloud security through a zero-trust approach.

Ashok Sankar, director of industry marketing, public sector and education at Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK), said agencies moving to the cloud to accommodate remote work should have granular visibility into data in order to generate security and operational insights.

Ignacio Martinez, vice president of security, risk and compliance at Smartsheet (NYSE: SMAR), said cloud-based tools have helped government agencies transform their workflows and enabled their employees to collaborate with colleagues as they telework during the COVID-19 pandemic. Martinez explained how cloud-based platforms like Smartsheet Gov help improve employee productivity and satisfaction by promoting seamless collaboration among personnel regardless of their location.

Ted Wagner, vice president and chief information security officer at SAP National Security Services, said government agencies should have the right balance of technology, processes and people to ensure that cloud security can better manage cyber threats in the digital landscape. Wagner wrote how SAP NS2 strives to have that balance by taking measures such as adopting machine learning, automation and behavior analytics in security monitoring efforts, attracting the top talent and getting the process right.

Jeffrey Phelan, milCloud 2.0 cloud services portfolio lead at General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business, said Department of Defense mission partners seeking to transition to the cloud should understand first what set of security controls they will inherit from their cloud service providers and whether a CSP can meet impact-level requirements.

CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has received Federal Information Security Management Act certification that validates its network and security operations centers' capacity to implement recognized data security controls for U.S. government systems.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 21, 2020 — Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS) has moved forward in the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program's High-impact-level certification process for a web and software-as-a-service application gateway offering, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 6.

Noblis has been awarded the one-year General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Programs (FedRAMP) Program Management and Technical (ISSO) Support contract to continue its technology services with the agency, the company announced Wednesday. The prime contract has two, two-year option periods.

Doug Natal, general manager of Sumo Logic's U.S. public sector business, wrote in a blog post that the company has moved to the next stage of its application for Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification. "We are very excited about the opportunity to work with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) toward Sumo Logic's full FedRAMP Moderate Authorization,” Natal said.