DISA approves 23 cloud providers for unclassified data

The Defense Information Systems Agency has granted provisional authorization for 23 cloud computing providers to offer Defense Department agencies services for their least sensitive data. The move continues DOD’s effort to make it easier for agencies to procure commercial cloud services.

The 23 providers are cleared to host information at Impact Level 2, the least sensitive of DOD’s four levels. Level 2 covers data cleared for public release, such as that on public-facing websites, as well as unclassified information on some private DOD sites. The other three impact levels—4, 5 and 6—reflect ascending levels of sensitivity, with Level 6 for data classified as Secret.

"The granting of these provisional authorizations is an important step in our strategy to drive cost down by moving more of our mission data to the cloud," DOD CIO Terry Halvorsen said in a statement.

DOD’s move to cloud computing has been hampered by security concerns and the difficulty vendors have had meeting DISA’s requirements. In January, DISA issued a new security requirements guide for cloud that abandoned the old Cloud Security Model, under which only a handful of vendors had achieved authorization, and adopted a model closer to the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program used by other federal agencies.

The providers that have now received authorization for Level 2 data, theiur service models, and source of FedRAMP authorization are:

1. AINS eCase. Service Model: Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS). FedRAMP Agency ATO by Housing and Urban Development Department.

2. Akamai Content Delivery Services.  Service Model: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). FedRAMP JAB PA.

3. Amazon Redshift. Service Model: IaaS. FedRAMP Agency ATO by HHS.

4. AT&T Storage as a Service (STaaS).  Service Model: IaaS . FedRAMP JAB PA.

5. Autonomic Resources Cloud Platform (ARC-P). Service Model: IaaS . FedRAMP JAB PA.

6. Clear Government Solutions FedGRID Government Community Cloud. Service Model: IaaS . FedRAMP JAB PA.

7. Concurrent Technologies Corporation Unclassified Remote Hosted Desktops (URHD). Service Model: Software as a Service (SaaS). FedRAMP JAB PA.

8. Economic Systems Federal Human Resources Navigator (FHR Navigator).  Service Model: SaaS . FedRAMP JAB PA.

9. Edge Hosting CloudPlus – Managed Cloud for Secure Windows and Linux Application Hosting. Service Model: PaaS and IaaS. FedRAMP Agency ATO by the Labor Department.

10. IBM SmartCloud for Government. Service Model: IaaS . FedRAMP JAB PA.

11. Lockheed Martin SolaS-I Government Community Cloud. Service Model: IaaS. FedRAMP JAB PA.

12. MicroPact Product Suite. Service Model: PaaS. FedRAMP Agency ATO by the Interior Department.

13. Microsoft Office 365 Multi-Tenant & Supporting Services Including Azure Active Directory. Service Model: SaaS. FedRAMP Agency ATO by HHS.

14. Microsoft Windows Azure Public Cloud Solution. Service Model: IaaS . FedRAMP JAB PA.

15. OMB MAX General Support Services. Service Model: IaaS. FedRAMP Agency ATO by the Office of Management and Budget.

16. OMB MAX.gov Shared Services. Service Model: PaaS and SaaS. FedRAMP Agency ATO by OMB.

17. Oracle Federal Managed Cloud Services. Service Model: PaaS . FedRAMP JAB PA.

18. Oracle Service Cloud. Service Model: SaaS. FedRAMP JAB PA.

19. Salesforce Government Cloud. Service Model: PaaS and SaaS. FedRAMP Agency ATO by HHS.

20. SecureKey Briidge.net ExchangeT for Connect.Gov. Service Model: SaaS . FedRAMP JAB PA.

21. US Treasury Workplace.gov Community Cloud. Service Model: PaaS and SaaS. FedRAMP Agency ATO by the Treasury Department.

22. USDA National Information Technology Center. Service Model: IaaS. FedRAMP Agency ATO by the Agriculture Department.

23. Verizon Enterprise Cloud Federal Edition. Service Model: IaaS. FedRAMP Agency ATO by HHS.