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Docker announces federal security and compliance controls for Docker Datacenter built on Azure Blueprint

December 15, 2016 Dec 15, 2016 12/15/16
John Molesky
Security and compliance are top of mind for government IT organizations.  It is important for these enterprises to have the ability to deploy applications on a commercial cloud platform that adheres to strong baseline security controls. U.S. Federal agencies and many non-government organizations are dependent on various standards and ...

Azure Blueprint is now available for the FedRAMP High Baseline

December 13, 2016 Dec 13, 2016 12/13/16
John Molesky
Azure Government Engineering is pleased to announce the release of Azure Blueprint for the FedRAMP High Baseline. As previously announced, the Azure Blueprint program is designed to facilitate the secure and compliant use of Azure Government, providing a simplified way to understand the scope of customer security responsibilities when ...

Microsoft signs CJIS Security Addendum with Utah-covering two-thirds of the US population

December 6, 2016 Dec 6, 2016 12/6/16
Rochelle M. Eichner
Meeting the applicable regulatory controls of the CJIS Security Policy is a long-term commitment for Microsoft. We don’t consider it a checkbox, it is a commitment. As part of this commitment Microsoft recently signed the CJIS Security Addendum with Utah--bringing the total states which Microsoft has signed the CJIS Security Addendum to 25...

Microsoft Signs CJIS Security Addendum with Georgia

November 9, 2016 Nov 9, 2016 11/9/16
Rochelle M. Eichner
Microsoft has now contractually committed to CJIS requirements in 24 states, covering nearly 2/3rds of the US population Microsoft has a long-term commitment to providing law enforcement agencies with cloud services they can trust to help keep them CJIS compliant.  As part of this commitment Microsoft recently signed the CJIS Security ...

CJIS Implementation: How Microsoft Government is Committed

August 10, 2016 Aug 10, 2016 08/10/16
Rochelle M. Eichner
When it comes to the CJIS Security Policy, Microsoft is committed to providing law enforcement agencies with trusted cloud services that are uniquely equipped and will help meet or exceed their CJIS compliance requirements. The CJIS Security Policy provides a secure framework of laws, standards, and elements of published and vetted policies ...

Microsoft publishes CJIS Implementation Guidelines to help Law Enforcement Agencies

July 19, 2016 Jul 19, 2016 07/19/16
Rochelle M. Eichner
The Criminal Justice Information Services Division (CJIS) Implementation Guidelines is designed to provide insight into the CJIS security controls applicable to Microsoft Cloud services, and provide guidance to law enforcement agencies on where to access detailed information to assist in CJIS audits. This document provides guidelines and ...

Azure Government cloud expands coverage with DoD Impact Level 4 Provisional Authorization, ITAR readiness and FedRAMP High

June 23, 2016 Jun 23, 2016 06/23/16
Tina Meek
Today we announced three major Azure compliance additions to support government entities and government partners. Check out the announcement by Tom Keane, Partner Director, Program Management of Microsoft Azure, to learn more about what this means for our US Department of Defense and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) customers and partners.

Microsoft collaborates with DCI to enhance CJIS compliance expertise

June 6, 2016 Jun 6, 2016 06/6/16
Rochelle M. Eichner
As more state and local governments look to centralize and adopt innovative productivity solutions across their various agencies, including the law enforcement and criminal justice community, the need to meet unique requirements like the Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) Security Policy becomes ...

Enabling law enforcement organizations’ trust in cloud

June 2, 2016 Jun 2, 2016 06/2/16
Rochelle M. Eichner
Earlier in May, I had the opportunity to co-host Microsoft’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Summit where we hosted 26 leading law enforcement regulators including the Federal Bureau of Investigation CJIS Division, 13 states, and other local officials. The FBI CJIS Division gives state, local, and federal law enforcement and ...