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Resiliency - Azure Government

How Government is Using IoT to Provide Better Services to Citizens

November 3, 2017 Nov 3, 2017 11/3/17
Azure Gov Team
(image) A recent report by the International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that by 2020 the number of devices connected to the internet will exceed 30 billion.[1] This web of connected devices, or Internet of Things (IoT), gives government agencies a new and unique opportunity to leverage innovative technology to provide better services ...

Azure Security Center coming to Azure Government

October 17, 2017 Oct 17, 2017 10/17/17
Sarah Fender, Azure Security Engineering
(image) While cyber threats affect every organization and every individual, governments face unique challenges. Today, we are announcing Azure Security Center, which provides unified security management and advanced threat protection for hybrid cloud workloads, will be coming to Azure Government. From simplified management to new ways to ...

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: Respond Function

August 8, 2017 Aug 8, 2017 08/8/17
Matt Rathbun
(image) 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...

New service-level disaster recovery guidance

June 9, 2016 Jun 9, 2016 06/9/16
Brenda Y Lee
We are happy to announce the availability of the Microsoft Azure service resiliency guidance page. We created this page because our customers have asked us for clear guidance on what to do when they experienced a service disruption. Since a service disruption can be localized (perhaps an issue on a specific host or even code within a virtual ...