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CMMC with Microsoft Azure: Security Assessment & Situational Awareness (8 of 10)
This is the eighth in a ten-part blog series where we’ll demonstrate principles of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification aligned with Microsoft Azure. Subsequent blogs in the series will delve into system & communications protection and system & information integrity. In this eighth blog of the series we will explore how to leverage Microsoft Azure for security assessment & situational awareness. Please note that the information cutoff date for this post is October 2020, and that as of the date of this writing, CMMC developments and guidance are in progress. Additionally, as of the date of...
Integrated compliance in Azure with Xacta 360
This guest post contributed by Vicky Frescas and Tirtza Bernstein of Telos Corporation covers how to use Xacta® 360 with Azure and Azure Government. Learn more by attending the upcoming Accelerating ATO on Azure webinar on May 28 at 2PM EST. Telos Corporation recently announced the Xacta® 360 integration with Microsoft Azure Government to accelerate IT risk management and compliance in the cloud. We invite you to attend a webinar on May 28 at 2PM EST with Azure CISO for High Security Clouds, Rich Scher, and Telos Corporation’s Vice President of Strategy and Cloud, Steve Horvath. The webinar will cover the new ...
Meetup replay: Gov IT modernization in the era of COVID-19
Our April Microsoft Azure Government meetup featured innovative demos and influential speakers in the federal space from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), CGI Federal, C3.ai, and Microsoft discussing strategies, challenges and tools for driving government IT modernization along the impacts COVID-19 brings to these efforts. Microsoft’s Nicholas DiCola kicked off the meetup with a demo of Azure Sentinel, then CGI Federal’s John Blandin teamed up with Microsoft’s Reynaldo Martinez and Anthony de Lagarde to share a digital modernization customer story in the federal landscape. The meetup culminated in an engaging...
CMMC with Microsoft Azure: Recovery & Risk Management (7 of 10)
This is the seventh in a ten-part blog series where we’ll demonstrate principles of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification aligned with Microsoft Azure. Subsequent blogs in the series will delve into security assessment & risk management, system & communications protection and system & information integrity. In this seventh blog of the series we will explore how to leverage Microsoft Azure for recovery & risk management. Please note that the information cutoff date for this post is October 2020, and that as of the date of this writing, CMMC developments and guidance are in progress. Add...
CMMC with Microsoft Azure: Maintenance & Media Protection (6 of 10)
This is the sixth in a ten-part blog series where we’ll demonstrate principles of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification aligned with Microsoft Azure. Subsequent blogs in the series will delve into recovery & risk management, security assessment & risk management, system & communications protection and system & information integrity. In this sixth blog of the series we will explore how to leverage Microsoft Azure for maintenance & media protection. Please note that the information cutoff date for this post is October 2020, and that as of the date of this writing, CMMC developments a...
Join us online May 27: The rise of DevSecOps in gov software initiatives
Government is rethinking how it approaches software development and use of tooling in its technology programs by using more flexible methods to streamline the process and to improve cybersecurity from the start. Double clicking on a previous DevSecOps meetup, this month’s Azure Government DC Meetup takes us deeper into advances in tooling, thinking around software factories and DevSecOps frameworks, and current DevSecOps implementations. Please RSVP and join us for our virtual Microsoft Azure Government DC meetup, The rise of DevSecOps in gov software initiatives, Wednesday, May 27 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. ET by jo...
CMMC with Microsoft Azure: Incident Response Maturity (5 of 10)
This is the fifth in a ten-part blog series where we’ll demonstrate principles of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification aligned with Microsoft Azure. Subsequent blogs in the series will delve into maintenance & media protection, recovery & risk management, security assessment & risk management, system & communications protection and system & information integrity. In this fifth blog of the series we will explore how to leverage Microsoft Azure for incident response maturity. Please note that the information cutoff date for this post is October 2020, and that as of the date of this ...
CMMC with Microsoft Azure: Identification & Authentication Maturity (4 of 10)
This is the fourth in a ten-part blog series where we’ll demonstrate principles of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification aligned with Microsoft Azure. Subsequent blogs in the series will delve into incident response, maintenance & media protection, recovery & risk management, security assessment & risk management, system & communications protection and system & information integrity. In this fourth blog of the series we will explore how to leverage Microsoft Azure for identification & authentication maturity. Please note that the information cutoff date for this post is October...
Azure HD Insight Enterprise Security Package now in Azure Government
Now available in Azure Government, the Azure HDInsight Enterprise Security Package (ESP) provides Active Directory-based authentication, multi-user support, and role-based access control for HDInsight clusters. Azure HDInsight offers several methods to address enterprise security needs, and most of these solutions aren't activated by default. This flexibility allows you to choose the security features that are most important to you. The Enterprise Security Package is designed for organizations where IT teams manage clusters, and multiple application teams share clusters. Selecting the Enterprise Security Pack...