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Amazon Adds FISMA Moderate Authorization and Accreditation – ReadWriteCloud

compliancesoftware — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:06:43 +0000

Amazon continues to woo government agencies for their cloud business. The company announced today that it has achieved Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA Moderate authorization and accreditation from the General Services Administration GSA. via Amazon Adds FISMA Moderate Authorization …

AWS FISMA Moderate AA

compliancesoftware — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:00:43 +0000

Amazon Web Services LLC AWS, an Amazon.com company NASDAQ: AMZN, today announced it has received Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA Moderate Authorization and Accreditation from the U.S. General Services Administration. via Amazon Media Room:News Release.

Q&A: Teresa Carlson of Amazon Web Services Discusses GovCloud | WHIR Web Hosting Industry News

compliancesoftware — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:18:21 +0000

The new AWS GovCloud Region offers the same high level of security as other AWS Regions and supports existing AWS security controls and certifications such as FISMA, SAS-70 Type II, ISO 27001, FIPS 140-2 compliant end points, and PCI DSS …

White House cybersecurity proposal shifts FISMA responsibility to DHS

compliancesoftware — Sat, 14 May 2011 20:44:37 +0000

The White House proposal, which is a comprehensive cybersecurity plan, includes a provision directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “to exercise primary responsibility within the executive branch for information security via Infosecurity (USA) – White House cybersecurity proposal shifts …

Microsoft Fights Google for Government Dollars – PCWorld Business Center

compliancesoftware — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:26:30 +0000

Microsoft also said it was close to getting FISMA certification for its BPOS services. It has already achieved the certification for its data centers and expects to complete the process for the applications within a month or so via Microsoft …

Cyber bill would reform FISMA, instate new DHS agency and appoint White House-level authority

compliancesoftware — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:11:34 +0000

A controversial Internet security bill proposed in 2010 by Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) could yet become law in the current session of Congress, said Jeff Greene, counsel on the majority staff of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. …

FISMA capstone document released by NIST — Government Computer News

compliancesoftware — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:54 +0000

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a draft of its guidelines for implementing enterprisewide information risk management. The document defines the underlying principles for implementing the Federal Information Security Management Act. via FISMA capstone document released by …

Google wins email, apps contract with U.S. GSA | ZDNet

compliancesoftware — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:25:02 +0000

Over the summer, the company launched Google Apps for Government and announced that it had received FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act) certification, which allowed it to store sensitive, yet unclassified, information, which makes up about 80 percent of all …

Survey: Federal IT leaders lack confidence in CyberScope |

compliancesoftware — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:55:05 +0000

According to the result of a new survey published by MeriTalk, an online community for government IT professionals, 85 percent of federal information security leaders have not utilized CyberScope, an online reporting tool designed to reduce the amount of wasted …

Feds Get Their Own App Store | Epicenter | Wired.com

compliancesoftware — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:28:12 +0000

If you had any question whether app stores were a passing fad, the answer probably lies with apps.gov, an app store by and for government agencies…… The GSA also takes care of all the acronyms as well. The sites are …