Federal agencies recently received a new tool for thwarting cyber attacks, with Alert Logic’s launching of their proactive application, Threat Manager and Log Manager, which identifies and neutralizes security threats in the cloud for AWS GovCloud customers.
Alert Logic, a provider of security-as-a-service solutions, offers an intrusion detection network (which includes Threat Manager and Log Manager) that is focused on cloud-based government data.
"With Security-as-a-Service as our core focus, we've developed the most comprehensive solutions to protect organizations against the most serious cloud threats," said Dave Colesante, Alert Logic senior vice president of product development and CTO. "We are pleased to help government agencies more quickly and effectively address their shared responsibility at AWS GovCloud."
AWS GovCloud is also in line with U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), as well as Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) requirements, which is a U.S. government-wide program providing a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization and monitoring for cloud products and services.
“The FedRAMP requirements raise the security bar for the agencies, results in uniform evaluations, and will provide government entities with immediate benefits of using the AWS Cloud,” said Stephen Schmidt, AWS chief information security officer.
The Department of Health and Human Services, which has been working closely with FedRAMP, has awarded Amazon Web Services the Agency Authority to Operate (ATO) in all U.S. AWS Regions earlier this year.
“HHS's authorization of Amazon's cloud services using FedRAMP requirements ensures the security of government data and paves the way for other agencies in using secure cloud services,” said Matthew Goodrich, FedRAMP program manager. “Amazon and HHS have demonstrated that cloud providers can meet the FedRAMP requirements in addition to the provisional authorizations granted by the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board. Other agencies can leverage this authorization, potentially saving the Federal government hundreds of thousands of dollars by eliminating redundant security authorizations of Amazon's environment.”
“More than 300 U.S. government agencies already use the wide array of AWS services to be more innovative, agile, and cost-efficient,” said Teresa Carlson, AWS vice president of worldwide public sector. “Today most government computing systems require built-to-order platforms and applications to meet government security and compliance requirements, which involve time-consuming and costly evaluations. With this FedRAMP compliance, agencies can now utilize a streamlined process from AWS when moving applications to the cloud to meet their unique business and mission requirements.”
Edited by
Blaise McNamee
