Clay Goldwein

Cloud services inspire continuous monitoring

July 26 2013 @9:19 AM
By: Clay Goldwein
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In January 2013, CGI was the first large company to receive a Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO) from the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board (JAB). Subsequently, clients and partners think of CGI as a cloud services firm. Although they are correct, the P-ATO that CGI received is actually a reflection of two areas of CGI expertise coming together: cloud and cybersecurity. More...
Paul Douthit

Using CGI’s FedRAMP Provisional Authority to Operate

March 6 2013 @7:37 AM
By: Paul Douthit
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The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is the U.S. government-wide program providing a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring for cloud-based services. It uses a “do once, use many times” framework to reduce the costs, time and staff required to conduct agency security assessments. More...
Patrick Cronin

When it comes to cloud web hosting, not all security controls are created equal

June 4 2012 @9:36 AM
By: Patrick Cronin
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Cloud computing is shifting the federal CIO’s responsibility from managing data centers to managing cloud services, especially for cloud security, even when those services are procured outside the CIO’s office. As a result, CIOs must pay close attention to the security controls its agency programs are getting with their cloud infrastructure for web hosting. More...

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