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As a division of IT-CNP, Inc., GovDataHosting leverages decades of data hosting expertise and nationwide service to deliver advanced government cloud hosting solutions for agencies and their supporting contractors.

As part of its FISMA cloud offering for civilian Federal agencies, GovDataHosting delivers a full set of operational, management and technical controls according to NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4 – Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations.

Administered by the GSA, the government-wide FedRAMP program provides a standardized approach to cloud service adoption and management. Agencies and their supporting contractors are required to adhere to FedRAMP security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring benchmarks.

Your agency has just committed to a cloud transition. Makes sense. This year more government organizations are turning to the cloud to more efficiently operate, better serve the public, and reduce operating costs. But what happens next?

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a federal laboratory within the U.S. Department of Commerce that works to refine and more precisely define measurements, metrics, technologies, and standards.

The threat could be external or internal, a malicious hacker or a busted water pipe. Your core business functions could make you a prime target for sabotage, or your office could sit squarely on a fault line. All organizations face threats.