http://fcw.com/articles/2012/03/22/dave-mcclure-cloud-security-standards.aspx By Camille Tuutti FCW.com March 22, 2012 The federal government might not be in a mad march to migrate its most sensitive data to the cloud, but as standards become more cemented and processes ironed out, more agencies will move into the space perceived “as a little bit risky at the moment,” according to the predictions of a General Service Administration official. As the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program gets rolled out and agencies get comfortable with the new standards and the rigid review process, there will be a greater tendency to move higher-risk systems and data to an outsourced model, said David McClure, associate administrator at GSA's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies. McClure spoke with Federal Computer Week prior to participating in a panel discussion on new models of government IT, in a March 21 event hosted by Cisco in downtown Washington, D.C. In the past few years, more agencies have moved to the Federal Information Security Management Act's "Moderate" level, and federal security officers have grown increasingly more comfortable with the idea of having higher levels of security on their systems. [...] ______________________________________________________________________________ CISSP and CEH training with Expanding Security is the fastest, easiest way to grock the relevant data you need now. A free class invite is in every PainPill. Sign up for the free weekly PainPill . It's that easy. http://www.expandingsecurity.com/PainPillReceived on Fri Mar 23 2012 - 02:21:42 PDT
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