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Cybersecurity - Azure Government

Azure Gov Meetup Replay: Intersection of Cybersecurity & Digital Transformation for Gov  

October 25, 2017 Oct 25, 2017 10/25/17
Karina Homme
Recently, a crowd of more than 120 people turned out for the Azure Gov DC user community Meetup on the Intersection of Cybersecurity & Digital Transformation at 1776 in Washington, DC. For those who were not able to join us for the event we are pleased to bring you the replay of the event. Segment 1: Kicks off with Azure Government ...

National Cyber Security Awareness Month

October 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017 10/10/17
Tom Keane, General Manager, Microsoft
In support of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, we're kicking off a blog series to share best practices from our experiences with our customers as part of our commitment to enabling U.S. government with a complete, trusted, and secure cloud platform. In today's guest blog, Ann Johnson, ...

Microsoft Azure Enables NIST CSF Compliance: Recover Function

August 21, 2017 Aug 21, 2017 08/21/17
Matt Rathbun
Today, as part of our ongoing support of the Cybersecurity Executive Order, I am pleased to announce the final release in a series of documents on enabling compliance with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) through Microsoft Azure services. This release specifically outlines how to implement the Recover function requirements using the ...

Microsoft Azure Enables NIST CSF Compliance: Respond Function

August 8, 2017 Aug 8, 2017 08/8/17
Matt Rathbun
Today, as part of our ongoing support of the Cybersecurity Executive Order, I am pleased to announce the second release in a series of documents on enabling compliance with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) through Microsoft Azure services. This release specifically outlines how to implement the Respond function requirements using the ...

Microsoft Azure Enables NIST CSF Compliance: Detect Function

July 24, 2017 Jul 24, 2017 07/24/17
Matt Rathbun
Today, as part of our ongoing support of the Cybersecurity Executive Order, I am pleased to announce the third release in a series of documents on enabling compliance with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) through Microsoft Azure services. This release specifically outlines how to implement the Detect function requirements using the ...

Azure Cyber Analytics Program for Power and Utilities Partners

July 18, 2017 Jul 18, 2017 07/18/17
Azure Gov Team
Microsoft is deeply aware of the importance of cybersecurity for companies supporting the electric grid and is committed to helping partners and customers secure their nations' most critical of critical infrastructure. In furtherance of this commitment, we are announcing a cyber program: "Microsoft Azure Certified Elite Partner Program for ...

Microsoft Azure Enables NIST CSF Compliance: Protect Function

July 13, 2017 Jul 13, 2017 07/13/17
Matt Rathbun
Today, as part of our ongoing support of the Cybersecurity Executive Order, I am pleased to announce the second release in a series of documents on enabling compliance with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) through Microsoft Azure services. This release specifically outlines how to implement the Protect function requirements using the ...

Compliance on Azure Government

July 6, 2017 Jul 6, 2017 07/6/17
Steve Michelotti
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Zach Kramer talks with Matt Rathbun (CISO, Azure Government) about compliance in Azure Government. Matt and Zach discuss the various compliance regimes offered by Azure Government including FedRAMP High and Moderate, DISA Level 4 and 5 for DoD workloads, CJIS for federal law enforcement ...

Microsoft Azure Enables NIST CSF Compliance: Identify Function

June 27, 2017 Jun 27, 2017 06/27/17
Matt Rathbun
Today, as part of our ongoing support of the Cybersecurity Executive Order, I am pleased to announce the first in a series of documents on enabling compliance with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) through Microsoft Azure services. This first release specifically outlines how to implement the Identify function requirements using the ...