Azure Government

Microsoft publishes secure isolation guidance for Azure and Azure Government

Stevan VidichAugust 31, 2020Aug 31, 202008/31/20

Azure is a hyperscale public multi-tenant cloud services platform that provides customers with access to a feature-rich environment incorporating the latest cloud innovations. While a multi-tenant cloud platform implies that multiple customer applications and data are stored on the same physical hardware, Azure uses logical isolation to ...

Got CMMC questions? Join an ‘Ask Microsoft Anything’ session on Aug. 25th

Azure Gov TeamAugust 21, 2020Aug 21, 202008/21/20

In preparing for the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) from the Department of Defense (DoD), many customers and partners have asked for more information on how to prepare for audits, and about Azure accreditation and our CMMC acceleration program. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, you can get answers to your questions around how we ...

Strategies to stand up a modern gov software factory + cloud PMO

Karina HommeAugust 17, 2020Aug 17, 202008/17/20

Today’s government organizations face ever-increasing and evolving mission demands, requiring greater speed and agility to modernize IT. Some agencies have discovered a path to success by establishing software factories and cloud PMOs to accelerate development and delivery of better mission apps. To learn more about this new approach, we ...

Azure Blueprint for NIST SP 800-171 R2 is now available in Azure Government and commercial clouds

Selcin TurkarslanJuly 9, 2020Jul 9, 202007/9/20

Disclaimer: Customers are wholly responsible for ensuring their own compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Information provided in this post does not constitute legal advice, and customers should consult their legal advisors for any questions regarding regulatory compliance. Our recently released Azure Blueprint for NIST SP ...

Extract data from print and handwritten documents using Azure Form Recognizer

Azure Gov TeamJuly 8, 2020Jul 8, 202007/8/20

Now available in Azure Government, Form Recognizer is an AI-powered document extraction service that understands your forms, enabling you to extract text, tables, and key value pairs from your documents, whether print or handwritten. With just a few samples, Form Recognizer tailors its understanding to your documents, both on-premises and ...

Commercial best practices for DevSecOps in Defense

Azure Gov TeamJune 26, 2020Jun 26, 202006/26/20

The Department of Defense has taken several measures to integrate a DevSecOps strategy across its entire organization. For example, the DoD Enterprise DevSecOps Initiative is a joint effort on behalf of the Chief Information Officer and the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to integrate tools and services ...

Meetup replay: The rise of DevSecOps in gov software initiatives

Karina HommeJune 23, 2020Jun 23, 202006/23/20

“DevSecOps might be the most important thing that’s happened to security in the past 40 years,” said Ron Ross, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Fellow, during a virtual Microsoft Azure Government meetup on May 27 to an audience of nearly 200 attendees. Ross along with CDR Thomas Sampson of the F-35 Joint Strike ...

With 14 new services at FedRAMP High, Azure Government continues expanding compliance coverage

Zach KramerJune 22, 2020Jun 22, 202006/22/20

Microsoft now has 116 services covered by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) for Azure Government. We continue to bring you more services at FedRAMP High than any other cloud provider, delivering on our ongoing investments in commercial parity and our commitment to ...

Join us online June 24: The future of IoT and edge computing in gov

Karina HommeJune 17, 2020Jun 17, 202006/17/20

By 2025 roughly a quarter of all data generated globally will be created in real time, according to IDC. IoT and edge computing play an essential role in making sense of that data right at the source. As government agencies work to expand and become more responsive to real-time insights gathered through sensors and devices, this can enable ...

CMMC with Microsoft Azure: System & Information Integrity (10 of 10)

TJ BanasikMay 28, 2020May 28, 202005/28/20

This is the last in a ten-part blog series where we’ll demonstrate principles of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification aligned with Microsoft Azure. In previous blogs in the series we’ve explored access control, audit & accountability maturity, asset & configuration management, identification & authentication, incident...