8 May 2015

DISA grants provisional authorization for 23 cloud offerings

Michael Hardy, C4ISR
May 5, 2015 

Defense agencies have 23 more commercial cloud offerings to choose from in the moderate baseline security category. The Defense Information Systems Agency has granted a Department of Defense Provisional Authorization to the 23 offerings, approving them to host mission data up to Impact Level 2.

The approvals were granted March 26 and announced on May 5.

The provisional authorization means that agencies can trust that the offering meets the security standards specified, then consider any additional mission-specific needs before issuing an Authority to Operate (ATO).

DoD defines impact levels based on the sensitivity and risk associated with the data, which was used to establish the minimum protection and controls required. There are four impact levels: 2, 4, 5 and 6, with mandated protections increasing with each successive level. Impact Level 6 is for data classified as Secret.

Impact Level 2 is for Non-Controlled Unclassified Information. It includes all data cleared for public release and some private unclassified information as well.

Cloud service offerings that were granted DoD PAs:

AINS eCase. Service Model: Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS). FedRAMP Agency ATO by Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
Akamai Content Delivery Services. Service Model: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). FedRAMP JAB PA 

Amazon Redshift. Service Model: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). FedRAMP Agency ATO by Department of Health and Human Services 

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

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

Clear Government Solutions FedGRID Government Community Cloud. Service Model: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) . FedRAMP JAB PA 

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

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

Edge Hosting CloudPlus – Managed Cloud for Secure Windows and Linux Application Hosting. Service Model: Platform as a Services (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). FedRAMP Agency ATO by Department of Labor 

IBM SmartCloud for Government. Service Model: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) . FedRAMP JAB PA 

Lockheed Martin SolaS-I Government Community Cloud. Service Model: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) . FedRAMP JAB PA 

MicroPact Product Suite. Service Model: Platform as a Service (PaaS). FedRAMP Agency ATO by Department of the Interior 

Microsoft Office 365 Multi-Tenant & Supporting Services Including Azure Active Directory. Service Model: Software as a Service (SaaS). FedRAMP Agency ATO by Department of Health and Human Services 

Microsoft Windows Azure Public Cloud Solution. Service Model: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) . FedRAMP JAB PA 

OMB MAX General Support Services. Service Model: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). FedRAMP Agency ATO by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 

OMB MAX.gov Shared Services. Service Model: Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS). FedRAMP Agency ATO by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
Oracle Federal Managed Cloud Services. Service Model: Platform as a Service (PaaS) . FedRAMP JAB PA 

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

Salesforce Government Cloud. Service Model: Platform as a Service and Software as a Service (SaaS). FedRAMP Agency ATO by Department of Health and Human Services 
SecureKey Briidge.net ExchangeT for Connect.Gov. Service Model: Software as a Service (SaaS) . FedRAMP JAB PA 

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

USDA National Information Technology Center. Service Model: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). FedRAMP Agency ATO by United States Department of Agriculture 

Verizon Enterprise Cloud Federal Edition. Service Model: Infrastructure as a Service. FedRAMP Agency ATO by Department of Health and Human Services

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