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As the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing enforced remote work only accelerated the move to the cloud for many organizations, it should come as no surprise that the use of...

In a letter to acting GSA Administrator Katy Kale shared with The Hill, Wyden requested that the agency provide a copy of its “security package” detailing the decision by the GSA to approve Zoom for use by federal agencies through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). “It is extremely concerning that after Zoom was cleared for government use by the General Services Administration in April 2019, security researchers discovered multiple serious vulnerabilities i...

Return to Work: Employer-Mandated COVID Vaccination Policies and Accommodating Employee Disabilities and Religious Beliefs, April 23, 2021, Matthew Kreiser With over 50% of the adult population in the United States having received at least one dose of a vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID), many businesses and employers are looking forward to a “return to normal” and their employees coming back to the workplace. One common consideration is whether an employer should implement man...

SAS boosts government cloud business with FedRAMP Ready Status FedRAMP Ready Status opens new opportunities for SAS as US government agencies migrate to the cloud News provided by Share this article Share this article CARY, N.C., April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SAS, the leader in analytics, has completed FedRAMP Ready status, enabling more US federal government agencies to move to the SAS ® Cloud. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Project Management Office aut...

Trend Micro Offerings Are FedRAMP Authorized and Available on AWS New support for U.S. federal agencies accelerating secure cloud adoption in 2021 News provided by Share this article Share this article DALLAS, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), the leader in cloud security, now offers two new FedRAMP 1 authorized cloud security services running on AWS GovCloud. These offerings further the companys long-standing commitment to help U.S government ag...

“With the addition of Cloud DNS, our U.S. public sector customers can leverage a broader set of Google Cloud technologies with the assurance they are meeting the highest level of civilian classification - without the limits of a traditional government cloud,” said Google. Customers seeking to quickly and easily meet FedRAMP High controls can leverage Assured Workloads for Government, Google added. The Assured Workloads for Government service enables GCP customers to create controlled enviro...

Perspecta approved as a StateRAMP Third Party Assessment Organization (3PAO) News provided by Share this article Share this article CHANTILLY, Va., April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Perspecta Inc. (NYSE: PRSP), a leading U.S. government services provider, announced today that it is accredited to evaluate cloud-based solutions for state and local government agencies as a State Risk and Authorization Management Program (StateRAMP) Third Party Assessment Organization (3PAO). Perspecta received accredi...

PilieroMazza Reacts to the Rise in Violence Against the Asian-American Community, March 29, 2021 In the past year, 3,800 acts of violence were perpetrated against the Asian-American community, with a disproportionate number of these attacks directed at women specifically. The PilieroMazza family joins others in raising our voices to condemn these acts of violence, which diminish us as a nation and violate every human being’s basic right to live with dignity and respect. Read more here. Pilier...

US VC Merlin Ventures forms Israeli cyber fund Merlin TLV, managed by Shay Michels, plans to invest $50 million in Israeli cybersecurity companies over 3-4 years. US venture capital firm Merlin Ventures has set up a dedicated fund for investment in Israel called Merlin TLV, "Globes" has learned. The new fund will invest $50 million in Israeli cybersecurity startups over the next 3-4 years. Merlin Ventures is the venture capital arm of Merlin Cyber, which specializes in cyber solutions for US go...