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

May 14, 2020 May 14, 2020 05/14/20
Karina Homme
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: Identification & Authentication Maturity (4 of 10)

May 7, 2020 May 7, 2020 05/7/20
TJ Banasik
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...

Azure HD Insight Enterprise Security Package now in Azure Government

May 6, 2020 May 6, 2020 05/6/20
Azure Gov Team
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 ...

CMMC with Microsoft Azure: Audit & Accountability Management (2 of 10)

April 30, 2020 Apr 30, 2020 04/30/20
TJ Banasik
This is the second in a ten-part blog series where we’ll demonstrate principles of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) aligned with Microsoft Azure. Subsequent blogs in the series will delve into asset & configuration management, identification & authentication, incident response, maintenance & media protection...

CMMC with Microsoft Azure: Access Control (1 of 10)

April 28, 2020 Apr 28, 2020 04/28/20
TJ Banasik
This is the first in a ten-part blog series where we’ll demonstrate principles of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) aligned with Microsoft Azure. Subsequent blogs in the series will delve into audit & accountability maturity, asset & configuration management, identification & authentication, incident response...

Meetup replay: Gov cloud demopalooza

April 24, 2020 Apr 24, 2020 04/24/20
Karina Homme
About 80 Microsoft Azure Government user community members joined us last month for our first-ever virtual meetup, Gov cloud demopalooza, featuring TechTrend Inc., Mobius Logic, Leidos and Microsoft. In case you missed it, we invite you to watch the replay on our Azure Government meetup channel to see the innovative demos and great ...

New networking features in Azure Government

April 10, 2020 Apr 10, 2020 04/10/20
Azure Gov Team
We recently announced Azure Virtual WAN along with other networking services you won’t want to miss, and now you can utilize Express Route and Point-to-Site VPN gateway with Azure Virtual WAN. In addition, you can now use IPv6 support within Azure Virtual Network to address IPv4 depletion in your own networks and expand your mobile and IoT ...

Premium Files and Blob Storage now available in Azure Government

April 8, 2020 Apr 8, 2020 04/8/20
Azure Gov Team
New capabilities in Azure Government include Azure Premium Files to help you achieve the next level of performance and Azure Blob Storage for scalable, cost-effective cloud storage for all your unstructured data. In addition, we recently announced the availability of SQL Database Managed Instance, Azure Dedicated Host, and Azure Storage ...