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Microsoft and the State of Florida moving forward with a CJIS Lead Agency!

October 5, 2017 Oct 5, 2017 10/5/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
City of Miami Police Department has committed to executing the CJIS Personnel Security Requirements for Microsoft Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), the State of Florida's CJIS Systems Agency, recently completed an audit of Microsoft controls applicable to the CJIS Security Policy (details here). The audit results are available for...

Microsoft joins 500+ Law Enforcement professionals in extending commitment to Public Safety!

September 29, 2017 Sep 29, 2017 09/29/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
Oregon and Washington host annual CJIS training conferences From the opening with the local Color Guard presentation of the flags to the assurance from the CJIS Systems Agencies to public safety, and all the sessions in between, the Oregon CJIS Division Annual Training and the Northwest CJIS Users Workshop and Security Summit conferences were...

Microsoft extends commitment to CJIS compliance with Maine and Vermont!

September 28, 2017 Sep 28, 2017 09/28/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
(image) Adding Maine & Vermont makes 32 states background checking Microsoft employees for CJIS When you are thinking about CJIS and digital transformation across your government and Justice and Public Safety priorities, you should seek a partner committed to compliance and security today and in the future. At Microsoft, we continue to ...

Microsoft has contractually committed to CJIS regulations in 60% of the United States!

August 23, 2017 Aug 23, 2017 08/23/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
Nevada is the 30th state to background check Microsoft employees for CJIS Joining states such as New York, California, Texas and many others, Nevada recently moved forward with a CJIS Information Agreement allowing the Nevada criminal justice community the opportunity to deploy mission critical justice and public safety solutions in Microsoft...

Florida finalizes CJIS Technical Audit on Microsoft Government Cloud Services

July 14, 2017 Jul 14, 2017 07/14/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
(image) The audit is to ensure compliance with the FBI Criminal Justice Services Security Policy At Microsoft, we consider compliance a commitment, not a checkbox. As part of that commitment, we seek opportunities to collaborate with the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) regulators and our customers on our approach to compliance...

Criminal Justice Information Services – What’s new in v5.6 and being considered for v5.7

June 26, 2017 Jun 26, 2017 06/26/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
Microsoft helping agencies prepare for regulatory revisions As part of Microsoft's commitment to meet the applicable requirements of the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy, it is critical to prepare in advance for future requirements as well. With law enforcement deploying innovative solutions for camera technology, ...

Microsoft Partners with Federal Tax Administrators at Annual Conference

June 20, 2017 Jun 20, 2017 06/20/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
(image) Microsoft hosts Commissioners, Top Deputies, and Legal Staff at Redmond Campus The Federal Tax Administration (FTA) Annual Conference was host to over 250 Policy leaders such as economists, top deputies, commissioners, budget directors and legal staff assembling to discuss state and federal tax policy. A foundation for regulatory ...

How to prepare for one – The CJIS Security Audit

May 17, 2017 May 17, 2017 05/17/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
In Microsoft's continuous effort to provide resources and guidance to agencies to help them meet their CJIS regulatory requirements, Microsoft collaborated with Alan Ferretti, CJIS Security Analyst and Subject Matter Expert of the CJIS ACE Division at Diverse Computing and former CJIS Information Security Officer (ISO), to ponder the following...