Azure Government

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...

CMMC with Microsoft Azure: System & Communications Protection (9 of 10)

TJ BanasikMay 26, 2020May 26, 202005/26/20

This is the ninth in a ten-part blog series where we’ll demonstrate principles of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification aligned with Microsoft Azure. The final blog in the series will delve into system & information integrity. In this ninth blog of the series we will explore how to leverage Microsoft Azure for system & ...

79 Azure Government services now authorized for DoD IL5 workloads

Azure Gov TeamMay 22, 2020May 22, 202005/22/20

Just over a year ago, we announced the expansion of support for Department of Defense Security Requirements Guide (DoD SRG) Impact Level 5 (IL5) to all Azure Government regions – today we have 79 services authorized for IL5 workloads in Azure Government, enabling mission owners with more services at IL5 than any other cloud provider. ...

Integrated compliance in Azure with Xacta 360

Azure Gov TeamMay 20, 2020May 20, 202005/20/20

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...

Meetup replay: Gov IT modernization in the era of COVID-19

Karina HommeMay 20, 2020May 20, 202005/20/20

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 ...

CMMC with Microsoft Azure: Recovery & Risk Management (7 of 10)

TJ BanasikMay 19, 2020May 19, 202005/19/20

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 ...

Join us online May 27: The rise of DevSecOps in gov software initiatives

Karina HommeMay 14, 2020May 14, 202005/14/20

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, ...

CMMC with Microsoft Azure: Incident Response Maturity (5 of 10)

TJ BanasikMay 11, 2020May 11, 202005/11/20

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 & ...