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New and updated regulatory compliance policy initiatives for NIST, FedRAMP, DoD in Azure, Azure Government

August 19, 2021 Aug 19, 2021 08/19/21
John Molesky
Azure Global recently released a new regulatory compliance policy initiative for NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5. This policy initiative includes more than 250 policies aligned to 800-53 Rev. 5 controls and helps customers establish guardrails to manage their compliance with specific NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 controls.

Azure Government expands compliance coverage with 142 services now FedRAMP High

February 25, 2021 Feb 25, 2021 02/25/21
Azure Gov Team
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 ...

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

June 22, 2020 Jun 22, 2020 06/22/20
Zach Kramer
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 ...

Azure Blueprint for FedRAMP Moderate is now available for Azure Government

November 14, 2019 Nov 14, 2019 11/14/19
Selcin Turkarslan
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. Our recently released Azure Blueprint for FedRAMP ...

Innovating for government from the commercial cloud to the tactical edge

October 7, 2019 Oct 7, 2019 10/7/19
Lily Kim, General Manager, Azure Global
From our commercial cloud to the tactical edge, we continue to deliver more innovation to empower government agencies to advance their mission. In addition to the recent product news enabling government to advance ‘tech intensity’, here are some recent highlights of new capabilities in Azure to support the full spectrum of government needs...

Azure Government continues to expand FedRAMP High coverage

September 12, 2019 Sep 12, 2019 09/12/19
Lily Kim, General Manager, Azure Global
13 new services added to FedRAMP High ATO as part of ongoing work to make commercial innovation more accessible to government agencies Microsoft now has 80 services covered by the FedRAMP High Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) for Azure Government in the continental United States. Why is FedRAMP compliance important? The new era ...

New capabilities to enable your mission end to end

October 11, 2018 Oct 11, 2018 10/11/18
Azure Gov Team
As we continue to focus on helping government customers secure their mission end to end, we’d like to share a set of new Azure capabilities to help US government customers deliver breakthrough outcomes. For in-depth coverage of these announcements and more, read Julia White’s blog ‘Enabling intelligent cloud and intelligent edge ...

Federal agencies continue to advance capabilities with Azure Government

January 24, 2018 Jan 24, 2018 01/24/18
Tom Keane, General Manager, Microsoft
We’re continuing to see agencies advance their capabilities using Azure Government. Two agencies have recently issued new Authority to Operate (ATO) designations for Azure Government: the U.S. Air Force with a DoD Impact Level 4 ATO for its Common Computing Environment (CCE) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with a FedRAMP ...

Azure Security and Compliance Blueprint – Web Applications for FedRAMP

November 2, 2017 Nov 2, 2017 11/2/17
Matt Rathbun
Today we are pleased to announce the general availability of a new Azure Security and Compliance Blueprint - Web Applications for FedRAMP. This solution deploys and configures Azure resources in a simple reference architecture and implements a subset of controls from the FedRAMP High baseline, based on NIST SP 800-53. Deploying the solution ...