AWS, Microsoft cloud win US government security approval

AWS GovCloud, Microsoft’s Azure GovCloud and CSRA’s ARC-P IaaS have won a key U.S. government authorization that allows federal agencies to put highly sensitive data on their cloud-computing services. The FedRAMP high baseline, including more than 400 security controls, allows agencies to use AWS for highly sensitive workloads, including personal information. Half of the government’s annual US$80 billion IT budget is spent on systems covered by the high baseline for cloud services.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3087876/aws-microsoft-cloud-win-us-government-security-approval.html