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Microsoft hosts Justice & Public Safety leaders at the 2nd annual CJIS Summit

May 1, 2017 May 1, 2017 05/1/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
Transparency is the foundation of Microsoft’s commitment to CJIS Compliance Founded on our commitment of transparency, Microsoft hosted the 2nd annual CJIS Summit, offering leaders in law enforcement the opportunity to collaborate directly with our compliance engineers, executives, and our Justice and Public Safety team. Attendees included...

The CJIS Security Policy – Analyzing the 13 Policy Areas: Part III

April 11, 2017 Apr 11, 2017 04/11/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
Better than a sleeping pill or a riveting read? Welcome back to the third and final post in this series on the CJIS Security Policy. Our last post ended with Policy Area 7 of section 5 concerning Network Diagrams. Policy Area 8 covers Media Protection and how to protect it both in transit and at rest. It also covers the proper way to dispose...

The CJIS Security Policy – Analyzing the 13 Policy Areas: Part II

April 4, 2017 Apr 4, 2017 04/4/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
 Better than a sleeping pill or a riveting read? In our last blog post, Alan Ferretti, CJIS Security Analyst and Subject Matter Expert of the CJIS ACE Division at Diverse Computing, and I covered the first four sections of the CJIS Security Policy. We will continue with Section 5 and its thirteen Policy areas and how they impact you and your...

The CJIS Security Policy – Analyzing the 13 Policy Areas: Part I

March 28, 2017 Mar 28, 2017 03/28/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
Better than a sleeping pill or a riveting read? Recently Alan Ferretti and I were talking about compliance for agencies and lamented on the fact that most people malign  the CJIS Security Policy as a good cure for insomnia. It seems you can’t attend a conference where a speaker doesn’t make a joke about it. When in fact, the Policy is ...

Microsoft Signs CJIS Information Agreements with Indiana and Iowa

March 22, 2017 Mar 22, 2017 03/22/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
Microsoft has signed agreements with 28 states – now over 50% of the states are covered representing 70% of U.S. sworn officers. Microsoft contractually committed to the applicable controls of the CJIS Security Policy by signing a CJIS Information Agreements with Indiana and Iowa. This commitment allows CJIS Systems Agencies to background ...

A former CJIS ISO perspective: Microsoft’s commitment to law enforcement from top to bottom

February 27, 2017 Feb 27, 2017 02/27/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
“I have worked with hundreds of vendors in my twelve years as CJIS ISO in Texas, and never have I found any vendor more committed to law enforcement.”  Alan Ferretti, Former CJIS ISO in Texas  Alan Ferretti, former Texas CJIS Information Security Officer (ISO), and I have been working together for nearly five years. He recently retired...

The Importance of Regulation – Microsoft Signs CJIS Information Agreement with Missouri

February 9, 2017 Feb 9, 2017 02/9/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
Microsoft has signed agreements with 26 states – contractually committing to CJIS requirements for more than 2/3rds of the US Population Do you ever wonder why we have government regulation?  Do you have to deal with regulations to get your job done? My family runs a hog farm and there are a number of regulations that have confused me. In ...

Microsoft signs CJIS Security Addendum with Utah-covering two-thirds of the US population

December 6, 2016 Dec 6, 2016 12/6/16
Rochelle M. Eichner
Meeting the applicable regulatory controls of the CJIS Security Policy is a long-term commitment for Microsoft. We don’t consider it a checkbox, it is a commitment. As part of this commitment Microsoft recently signed the CJIS Security Addendum with Utah--bringing the total states which Microsoft has signed the CJIS Security Addendum to 25...

Compliance is a commitment, not a checkbox

October 3, 2016 Oct 3, 2016 10/3/16
Rochelle M. Eichner
With the recent heartbreaking public safety events in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Minnesota and other locations around the United States, it was inspiring to have the opportunity for Microsoft to participate in the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) User Conference. It included over 700 law enforcement professionals ...