Former CISO Touhill supports DOD backing of FedRAMP for cloud services

By Rick Weber / August 27, 2019 at 9:20 AM
The Pentagon's Defense Information Systems Agency has issued blanket approval for contractors to handle certain data on cloud computing services approved by the government-wide FedRAMP security system, a move that has attracted the support of a former federal chief information security officer as a way for the Defense Department to leverage civilian agency cybersecurity services. "It is about time. Reciprocity has long been a government policy yet often ignored," retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Gregory Touhill said in a statement...

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