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Let’s face it—FedRAMP is a tough nut to crack! There is so much to the process and so much at stake when it comes to managing the risk of your information systems in the cloud. So let’s start with the basics–this Azure FedRAMP compliance FAQ gives you a plain-English primer on FedRAMP, Azure Commercial, Azure...
As we continue looking at Azure Government service updates, it’s a good reminder about how important Azure’s HDInsight is in bringing big data to governmental organizations like yours. It’s the only fully managed cloud Hadoop offering that provides open-sourced clusters for applications like Apache Spark. With the latter above being a popular open-source engine for...
One of the greatest aspects to Microsoft’s Azure Government software is their continual push to innovate and add new features. A lot of this comes through their attention to security for the cloud platform. However, they take it further to help those living in specific geographic regions. If you work in government, your office location...
How much does Microsoft Azure Government services cost? Look no further than the Azure Pricing Calculator to find out. Once you understand the basics of Azure Government pricing (including free services & pricing tiers), and once you identify pricing scenarios with the specs of the workloads you want to provision, you can easily use the...
Nobody can deny that Microsoft continually goes to the limit to continually update and educate those who use their products. In their Azure Government, they’ve recently made this more apparent by uploading training videos in their Channel 9 video library. All of these videos come from the recent Microsoft Tech Summit held in D.C. back...
What are Common Controls? Common controls are security controls that can support multiple information systems efficiently and effectively as a common capability. They typically define the foundation of a system security plan. Common controls are the security controls you need to do the most work to identify when developing your risk-based cybersecurity strategy and your system...
Data Residency and Risk Management Data residency analysis is the process of determining the physical or geographic location of the data and digital artifacts that reside in your information system. Luckily data residency for US public sector agencies is well defined. The data and information resources of US government systems it needs to reside within...
Those of you who’ve used Microsoft’s Azure Government know how important it is as one of the most reliable cloud platforms out there. Microsoft’s attention to security, privacy, compliance, and transparency continues making it a leader for government institutions to rely on. Despite the reliability, it’s still had room to grow in data services. Although...
Do You Know Your RMF Boundaries? The first step in the six step risk management framework (RMF) process is categorizing your system. The first step in categorizing your system is establishing the system boundary. The boundaries of your system and how you categorize it will drive your risk management strategy. Your risk management strategy in...
Legacy systems for government workers are often clunky and inefficient. Fortunately, with new features and updates from Office 365 Government, personnel get access to the latest technology and software with the ease and intuitiveness of a home PC Windows system. That allows government employees to be much more productive while at the same time working...