Sliced Tech and Vault Systems have been added to the Australian Signals Directorate-maintained secure cloud list. Cloud services are suitable for use with government information classified at the PROTECTED level. The list is designed to make it easier for government agencies to securely adopt cloud services without needing to conduct their own IRAP assessment. Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce, SAP and IBM have also indicated a desire to join the list. The Department of Defence said in June last year it expected the first services certified for use in the CCSL before the end of 2016.”]