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FedRAMP - Azure Government

Department of Justice Issues a FedRAMP High ATO for Azure Government

October 17, 2017 Oct 17, 2017 10/17/17
Matt Rathbun
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Justice Management Division (JMD) has issued two FedRAMP High ATOs for Azure Government. The DOJ performs critical services for U.S. Citizens with the mission "[t]o enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to...

Evaluating Risk with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework Risk Assessment Checklist

June 15, 2017 Jun 15, 2017 06/15/17
Matt Rathbun
Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of our Risk Assessment Checklist for the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) for Federal Agencies. The Checklist is available on the Service Trust Portal under "Compliance Guides". Microsoft worked with our Azure Blueprint Partner, First Information Technology Services (FITS), to develop a ...

Veterans Affairs issues FedRAMP High ATO for Microsoft Azure Government

March 15, 2017 Mar 15, 2017 03/15/17
Matt Rathbun
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the US government’s largest civilian agency, has issued a FedRAMP High Authority to Operate (ATO) for Microsoft Azure Government. This validates that the Microsoft Azure Government cloud meets all security and compliance standards necessary to handle VA’s most sensitive data, to include PII and ...

Azure Government extends lead in the Cloud with leap in FedRAMP coverage

February 22, 2017 Feb 22, 2017 02/22/17
Spenser Bullock
Microsoft continues to lead the charge in realizing the power and promise of the cloud for Government customers. We are pleased to announce that Azure Government has been granted authorization for 12 additional customer-facing services to our FedRAMP High P-ATO. We now offer 32 Infrastructure and Platform services to our customers in our Azure...

Eight new service offerings added to Azure Government certification scope

December 14, 2016 Dec 14, 2016 12/14/16
Derek Strausbaugh, Principal Program Manager
We are pleased to announce the addition of Azure Resource Manager, Automation, Azure Batch, Log Analytics, Azure Media Services, Policy Administration Service/RBAC, Redis Cache, and Scheduler to certification scope in Microsoft Azure Government.Each of these service offerings has received Joint Authorization Board (JAB) approval for addition...

Azure Government Cloud expands P-ATO scope with addition of five new offerings

November 16, 2016 Nov 16, 2016 11/16/16
Nate Johnson, Sr. Program Manager
We are pleased to announce that Azure’s Government Cloud has expanded its FedRAMP Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) with the addition of five new offerings. Service Bus, Notification Hubs, Site Recovery, StorSimple, and Backup have all received Joint Authorization Board (JAB) approval for addition to Azure Government’s P-ATO ...

Azure Blueprint: architecting secure solutions just got easier!

October 12, 2016 Oct 12, 2016 10/12/16
Nate Johnson, Sr. Program Manager
Azure Government Engineering is pleased to announce the initial release of the Azure Blueprint program! The program is designed to facilitate the secure and compliant use of Azure for government agencies and third-party providers building on behalf of government. Azure Government has been granted a JAB Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO...

Microsoft and Red Hat Partnership Expanded to Government

July 27, 2016 Jul 27, 2016 07/27/16
Karina Homme
We are pleased to announce the expansion of the Microsoft and Red Hat partnership that will now enable government organizations additional options to migrate their Red Hat subscriptions to Microsoft Azure Government.  This extends Microsoft Azure's certification as a Red Hat Certified Cloud and Service Provider (CCSP) to now serve our U.S. ...

Raising the Bar – Personnel Screening

July 1, 2016 Jul 1, 2016 07/1/16
Zach Kramer
Microsoft recently announced FedRAMP High and Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 4 accreditation. This has raised the security and compliance bar across the Azure Government environment. As part of our commitment to addressing the US government’s cloud needs we strive to provide every customer with an experience that meets the highest ...