Does your provider offer hybrid flexibility?
In some cases, you will want the capability of integrating on-premises solutions with the cloud.
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How cities build resilient infrastructure with trusted AI
Cities worldwide are using trusted AI to strengthen urban infrastructure, improve sustainability, and ensure resilience against future challenges.
Find a provider with a record for addressing security
Cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, and a cloud security provider who understands the threat landscape, has a history of protecting against them, and proven experience responding to them can give you more confidence in the security of your data.
Don’t overlook document retention and e-discovery
Meeting and enabling legal compliance means cloud service providers should be able to manage and store data in a way that meets government data retention, e-discovery, public records obligations, legal holds, archiving, messaging rules, and more – as part of the core service, not by requiring to the purchase of expensive third-party add-on services.
Does your data reside exclusively with other screened workloads?
When storing sensitive data, it’s imperative to know what other data and workloads are being stored in the same cloud infrastructure. Government cloud service providers should apply rigorous screening policies and procedures to determine eligibility for all incoming requests.
IRS 1075 guidance and ITAR obligations
IRS tax security guidelines and International Traffic in Arms (ITAR) regulations have special data storage, confidentiality, data location, and other substantive requirements that rely on specific security features.
CJIS: Make sure your provider would pass an FBI audit
Critical in the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) standards are employee background checks, detailed security updates and the ability for the State CJIS Systems Agency (CSA) to examine and inspect cloud solution providers to meet their audit requirements.
Compliance: non-negotiable
Requirements around compliance are complex and nuanced: from HIPAA to the IRS to the Department of Defense (DoD) and FedRAMP, cloud service providers should prove they not only understand compliance standards—but can help you meet them. Only government regulators can determine when an agency or organization is in compliance.
Microsoft announces new capabilities in Office 365 for the US Government Community; helps enable communication, enhanced security, and data analytics
Microsoft’s Office 365 team announced advanced capabilities that provide enhanced voice and meeting communication, advanced analytics, and increased security for users of Office 365 Government.
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DOD Level 5 PA granted to Microsoft Azure and Office 365
Microsoft is the first company to achieve the significant DOD “Level 5” accreditation across its cloud platform, infrastructure, and productivity services.
OpenCities: Helping cities deliver better digital services
OpenCities’ benchmarking report assessed 3,036 U.S. city websites to give cities a baseline for creating better digital services.
Digital transformation for government
Yesterday’s technology is not the same as today’s, and now more than ever, NSGs are searching for ways to stay a step ahead of the newest programs and software.