A new Amazon Web Services program will help public sector partners more quickly obtain regulator authorizations for customers to use their commercial cloud computing solutions.
The Authority to Operate on AWS program will provide training, tools and controls for partners to help customers navigate the security and compliance certification and authentication regulatory processes required under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and Criminal Justice Information Services.
“Solution providers running on AWS may encounter additional difficulties achieving an ATO due to complexity of both the process and technological barriers, uncertain time frames from start to finish and unclear expectations of cost,” Tim Sandage, senior security partner strategist at AWS, said in a blog post. “These challenges can result in an unintended barrier to entry and be a limiting factor in how well public sector customers can execute their mission, as the breadth of solutions available to them is not on par with companies operating in the commercial sector.”
The ATO on AWS…
