Updates and guides on government cloud hosting, FedRAMP/FISMA concepts, DoD cloud needs, disaster recovery, and secure operations.
Building on a decade of FISMA-compliant virtual hosting solutions, GovDataHosting’s FISMA Private Cloud system is dedicated to supporting government defense and civilian agency information systems requiring FedRAMP Low,…
There are many cloud service providers (CSPs) that claim to provide exceptional performance and service for their customers. With so many CSPs competing for your attention with differing offerings, how do you choose the…
A whistleblower complaint against Twitter filed this summer by the microblogging and social networking platform’s former head of security, Peiter Zatko, alleges substantial and systemic security failings at the company.…
The release of the 2024 White House budget proposal demonstrates the administration’s emphasis on enhancing and modernizing the federal government’s cybersecurity posture. Zero trust, secure by design, and equipping the…
The personal identifiable information (PII) of over 1 billion Chinese citizens has been hacked, according to an anonymous user of an online cybercrime forum who has attempted to sell the entire 23-terabyte database for…
When the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer (OFCIO) replaced the Cloud First policy in 2019 with the more long-term, forward-looking, and practicality-driven Cloud Smart strategy, the goal was to help…
For government agencies, efficiency is king. With the growing need to synchronize data across systems, modernize legacy platforms, and deliver at scale, agencies are rushing to find comprehensive cloud solutions that…
Downtime, data loss, and system failure are all tale-tell signs of a breach or cybersecurity incident. As cyber criminals use more and more sophisticated technologies to chip away at the best-laid cybersecurity plans,…
FedRAMP has published an updated Threat-Based Risk Profiling Methodology White Paper (and an accompanying dataset on FedRAMP’s GitHub repository) that delineates changes in the way risk management decisions are made…
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the Federal government's largest agency and the nation's largest employer, is one of the most complex organizations in the world. With more than 1 million active duty service…