Azure Government
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Log Analytics: How Operational Management Suite keeps customers safe and secure on Azure
This is my last post in this series where we have been talking about the Operational Management Suite (OMS) within Azure Government and how it can make customers feel safe & secure. In the previous posts we focused on the Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, and Azure Automation services that help make up the suite. Now I want to spend some time and talk about my favorite of the services, which is Log Analytics. This is not to say that the other three services are not important or exciting, it is just that I feel that Azure Government customers can see much more value from Log Analytics and the information t...
Automation Runbooks & DSC: How Operational Management Suite keeps Customers Safe & Secure in Azure
In my last post, I talked about the second of the two services within the Operational Management Suit (OMS) that focuses on Backup & Recovery of your On-Prem or Cloud related infrastructure. However, this is only one piece of the operational management footprint that Public Sector customers' IT departments need to keep their applications and infrastructure safe, secure, and most importantly, functioning. The third service within OMS that I want to talk about now is Azure Automation, which you can think of as a service that will manage frequent, time-consuming, and error-prone management tasks. Automation Ru...
Site Recovery: How Operational Management Suite keeps customers safe and secure on Azure
In my last post, I spent some time providing an overview of Operational Management Suite (OMS) and specifically, the Azure Backup service. I tried to focus on the advantages of the suite from the perspective of a potential Azure Government customer as well as the perspective of customers that have already implemented or are implementing a Hybrid Cloud environment. In this post I want to continue the conversation about the different services within the suite by focusing on the Site Recovery service, and how it will add to the safety & security for Azure Government Cloud Customers and Hybrid Customers as well....
Join us: Cybersecurity Best Practices for Cloud in Government — Nov. 16 in DC
With billions of connected devices, our digital life is more convenient than ever. But those devices also create opportunities for attackers to move quickly from an initial breach to a major loss; and it can happen within minutes. Join us for the Microsoft Azure Government DC Meetup on Wednesday, Nov. 16 starting at 6 pm. as we discuss Cybersecurity Best Practices for Cloud in Government at 1776 in Washington DC. Hear from cybersecurity subject matter experts Capt. Matthew "Tux, Weiner, Cyber Weapons and Tactics, on Using the Cloud to Train Cyber Ninjas; and Jason Norton of the Microsoft Threat Intelligence...
Microsoft Signs CJIS Security Addendum with Georgia
Microsoft has now contractually committed to CJIS requirements in 24 states, covering nearly 2/3rds of the US population Microsoft has a long-term commitment to providing law enforcement agencies with cloud services they can trust to help keep them CJIS compliant. As part of this commitment Microsoft recently signed the CJIS Security Addendum and contractually committed to the applicable CJIS Security Policy controls with Georgia. This brings the total states adjudicating Microsoft employees to 24. As confirmed by James Brown, Chief Information Officer, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, “With the recent CJIS se...
Azure Government supports TIC capabilities
Federal customers that are part of the Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) initiative are using Microsoft Azure Government. Any Federal government agencies or departments can leverage Azure Government to build applications and services that comply with the TIC initiative. What is TIC? The TIC initiative is the common name for initiative number one of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI). On November 20, 2007, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) designated the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the coordinator of the TIC initiative through Memorandum M-08-5 (with OMB continuing o...
Microsoft Azure Government and Booz Allen Announce Virtual Cloud Defense
Cloud Security Suite Brings Power and Simplicity to Securing Cloud Deployments Microsoft and Booz Allen Hamilton are pleased to announce the general availability of Virtual Cloud Defense (VCD) for Azure Government. Virtual Cloud Defense from Booz Allen helps Azure Government customers secure cloud workloads and protect data by deploying cost-effective cloud workload protection and security services. VCD builds upon Microsoft Azure’s unprecedented investments in cloud security and compliance and integrates third party best-of-breed, commercially available and government solutions provided through the Azure Gover...
DoD Region Preview frequently asked questions
Since announcing our Azure Government DoD Region Preview last week at Microsoft’s Government Cloud Forum, we have had overwhelming interest from customers and partners in participating. We’ve spent time compiling answers to the most frequently ask questions we’ve heard to help customers and partners understand what this unprecedented investment from Microsoft means to the Department of Defense and its partners and how to qualify for access to the environment. What are the Azure Government DoD Regions? The US DoD East and US DoD Central regions are physically separated regions of Microsoft Azure architected to...
Use Case: Azure Site Recovery in Azure Government
An organization must have the ability to withstand all hazards and sustain its mission through environmental changes. These changes can be gradual, such as economic or mission changes, or sudden, as in a disaster event. (NIST Special Publication 800-34 Rev. 1 Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems , 2010) Azure Government enables customers to utilize Azure Site Recovery (ASR) capabilities to automate protection and replication of virtual machines, both on-premises and into Azure providing a true Disaster Recovery as a Service Solution (DRaaS). Azure Site Recovery allows for data replication...