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Google outlines new compliance and security certifications for Google Cloud SHARE Google LLC today outlined a range of new compliance and security certifications for Google Cloud as part of a commitment to act as a “security transformation partner and to be the most trusted cloud.” The new certifications include the addition of Cloud DNS to Google Cloud’s list of Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program compliant products along with additional government...

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...

Hootsuite Enterprise attains security designation to provide services to US government agencies Vancouver-based social media management company Hootsuite has announced its Enterprise service has received an authorized security designation from a United States government security and compliance program for cloud products. “It’s more important than ever to ensure our security practices are constantly evolving to meet a rigorous set of standards.” – Tom Keiser, Hootsuite �...

By GCN Staff Mar 16, 2021 The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has released supplemental requirements to ensure cloud service providers (CSPs) keep their container technology in compliance. Released March 16, the document, Vulnerability Scanning Requirements for Containers, bridges the compliance gaps between traditional cloud and containerized systems by describing “the processes, architecture and security considerations specific to vulnerability scanning for cloud systems u...

Quick Hits *** Democrats in both chambers of Congress introduced a bill that would give healthcare professionals at the Department of Veterans Affairs working under Title 38 status the same collective bargaining opportunities as other VA employees. Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.), the chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) are the lead sponsors of the VA Employee Fairness 5 Act of 2021, which has the backing of the American Federation of Government Emplo...

FedRAMP FedRAMP moderate risk impact level certification for cloud storage platform.   Id. at 3. Thirteen firms responded to the October 2019 RFI.  AR, Tab 27, Market Research Report at 20.  The protester’s RFI response included a claimed capability narrative for FedRAMP that indicated that its cloud-hosted storage solution was built to meet FedRAMP requirements and was undergoing FedRAMP assessment and audit.  AR, Tab 12, Panasonic RFI Response at 5.  Between November 2019 an...

FISMA, or the Federal Information Security Management Act, is a U.S. federal law passed in 2002 that seeks to establish guidelines and cybersecurity standards for government tech infrastructure, and in so doing protect government information and operations. The law was modified in 2014 to put more emphasis on continual monitoring with the passage of the similarly named Federal Information Security Modernization Act; generally, discussions of FISMA refer to the set of regulations established b...

Last year, I published a six-part series associated with EDRM’s Information Governance Reference Model (IGRM) on the Ipro blog. I discussed the five stakeholder groups as a whole......