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If agencies can overcome cultural resistance and learn to trust and fully leverage cloud solutions, they’ll reap the benefits of scalability, flexibility, specialized security expertise, and an improved user experience.
Chris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer, said the final zero trust strategy gives the federal government an opportunity to lead the conversation for how best to improve cybersecurity.
Any cloud service provider that wants to do business with the federal government needs to get FedRAMP certified first. But companies that want to do business with the Defense Department have to go a step further.
The team overseeing FedRAMP is urging lawmakers against supporting legislation that would restrict their flexibility in responding to emerging threats.
Rick Simon, the program manager for the Secure Cloud Management project and a contractor in the Defense Innovation Unit, said the office issued success memos to the three vendors who took part in the pilot program.
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Sean Connelly, the Homeland Security Department’s TIC program manager, said new interim guidance letting remote workers connect to cloud services is heavily influenced by pilots that proved that flexibility and security don’t have to be opposite sides of the same coin.
Federal cyber experts say the Homeland Security Department’s draft TIC 3.0 implementation guidance is well thought out and gives agencies the necessary leeway to find a secure way to the cloud.
The Office of Management and Budget released the final TIC policy that outlines four uses cases and a series of deadlines to implement a more flexible security architecture.