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Azure Government expands compliance coverage with 142 services now FedRAMP High

Azure Gov TeamFebruary 25, 2021Feb 25, 202102/25/21

Microsoft now has 142 services covered by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) for Azure Government. We continue to maintain FedRAMP High P-ATOs issued by FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board (JAB) for both Azure and Azure Government while bringing you more services at ...

New Azure Security Benchmark Foundation helps organizations embrace zero trust

Azure Gov TeamFebruary 22, 2021Feb 22, 202102/22/21

Disclaimer: Customers are wholly responsible for ensuring their own compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Information provided in this post does not constitute legal advice, and customers should consult their legal advisors for any questions regarding regulatory compliance. To help organizations stay secure in a zero trust ...

120 Azure Government services now authorized for DoD IL5 workloads

Azure Gov TeamFebruary 11, 2021Feb 11, 202102/11/21

We continue to drive expansion of our support for Department of Defense Security Requirements Guide (DoD SRG) Impact Level 5 (IL5) across all Azure Government regions. Our latest addition of 23 new services brings a total of 120 services authorized for IL5 workloads in Azure Government – more than any other cloud provider. These services ...

Announcing compliance hub for Azure

Stevan VidichJanuary 29, 2021Jan 29, 202101/29/21

To help customers meet their own compliance obligations across regulated industries and markets worldwide, Microsoft Azure maintains the largest compliance portfolio in the industry both in terms of breadth (total number of offerings), as well as depth (number of customer-facing services in assessment scope). A new Azure compliance hub page ...

Resources to accelerate your CMMC journey

Azure Gov TeamOctober 30, 2020Oct 30, 202010/30/20

We’re actively building out our program by developing resources for both partners and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) companies to leverage in their Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) journey. In a recent blog, Richard Wakeman, senior director of Aerospace & Defense for Microsoft Azure Global, shares current resources to ...

Got CMMC questions? Join an ‘Ask Microsoft Anything’ session on Aug. 25th

Azure Gov TeamAugust 21, 2020Aug 21, 202008/21/20

In preparing for the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) from the Department of Defense (DoD), many customers and partners have asked for more information on how to prepare for audits, and about Azure accreditation and our CMMC acceleration program. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, you can get answers to your questions around how we ...

With 14 new services at FedRAMP High, Azure Government continues expanding compliance coverage

Zach KramerJune 22, 2020Jun 22, 202006/22/20

Microsoft now has 116 services covered by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) for Azure Government. We continue to bring you more services at FedRAMP High than any other cloud provider, delivering on our ongoing investments in commercial parity and our commitment to ...

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 & ...

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...

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