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Microsoft Azure Platform Certified "Secure" By Department of Defense

Posted by timothy on from the until-proven-otherwise dept.

cagraham writes "Microsoft's cloud storage platform Azure received their first government certification yesterday, less than 24 hours before the official shutdown. The certification, which grants Azure 'Provisional Authority to Operate,' should make it easier for Microsoft to compete with rivals like IBM and Amazon Web Services for government contracts. The certification signifies that the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and US General Services Administration have all deemed Azure safe from external hackers. Government cloud contracts are a lucrative market, as seen by Amazon's recent tussle with IBM over a $600M contract for a private CIA cloud."

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  1. "Secure" meaning . . . by StefanJ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    . . . the backdoor for the NSA is really well protected.

    1. Re:"Secure" meaning . . . by Bill_the_Engineer · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Straw man? There is no need for backdoors for governmental computing since oversight mechanisms are already in place. Back doors are for private entities which is outside this certification's scope.

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  2. Finally it works to Gov. Specs. by arthurpaliden · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So the Microsoft has finally got all their systems working properly with the government requested backdoors and decryption methodologies.

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  3. "... SAFE from EXTERNAL hackers..." by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So it's only the ones already in the box that we have to worry about.