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August 29, 2014 By AMK

Big win for Amazon: 1st provider authorized to handle sensitive DoD workloads in cloud

Amazon Web Services has become the first commercial cloud provider authorized to handle the Defense Department’s most sensitive unclassified data.

Today’s announcement that AWS has achieved a provisional authority to operate under DOD’s cloud security model at impact levels 3-5 is a major win for the company, as it allows DOD customers to provision commercial cloud services for the largest chunks of their data.

In technical speak, the provisional ATO granted by the Defense Information Systems Agency means DOD customers can use AWS’ GovCloud – an isolated region entirely for U.S. government customers – through a private connection routed to DOD’s network. DOD customers can now secure AWS cloud services through a variety of contract vehicles.

In layman’s terms, AWS is the first company with the ability to take any and all of DOD’s unclassified data to the cloud.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2014/08/big-win-amazon-first-provider-authorized-handle-sensitive-dod-workloads/92069

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: cloud, contract award, cybersecurity, DISA, DoD, unclassified information

August 28, 2013 By AMK

DFARS sets time DoD contractors have to request information release

Defense Department contractors must now submit requests to release  fundamental research from a project 10 days before doing so, an addition to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) says.

The DFARS says a DoD contractor can’t release to anyone outside its own  organization any unclassified information pertaining to the contract or the  program related to the contract unless the information was already in the public  domain or a request for approval is granted. Requests for approval should  identify the specific DoD information to be released, the medium to be used and  the purpose for the release.

The change regarding fundamental research was previously published as part of  a proposed  rule proposed in 2011 having to with safeguarding unclassified DoD  Information. Under the previously proposed rule, contractors would have had 45  days to submit the request before the information is to be released.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.fiercegovernment.com/story/rule-change-reduces-time-dod-contractors-have-request-information-release/2013-08-12

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: classified information, DCAA, DFARS, DoD, fundamental reserach, notification, research, unclassified information

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