DISA piloting DOD cloud security model
January 22, 2014
Grazed from FCW. Author: Frank Konkel.
The Defense Information Systems Agency is piloting the cloud security model it developed for the Defense Department in an effort to better formalize processes for future commercial cloud service acquisitions. To test the new model, DISA will leverage a series of pilot programs between mission partners — various DOD agencies — and cloud service providers as both take initial steps to harnessing commercial cloud computing services within DOD.
According to a DISA spokesperson, "If a mission partner wishes to execute a cloud service pilot with controlled unclassified information" – the information at DOD Impact Levels 1 and 2 – "it coordinates its implementation plans with DISA, the cloud broker." Once a mission partner procures the pilot cloud service, the agency and DISA will meet regularly to assess the pilot and its effectiveness…
DOD Impact Levels 3-5 are in draft format and may still evolve as DOD continues its cautious path to the cloud, but mission partners’ cloud service pilots at those levels will also provide DISA valuable information for the Cloud Security Model pilot, according to the spokesperson…
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