Cloud infrastructure provider Edge Hosting has been granted authority to operate (ATO) under FedRAMP, meeting the moderate impact security baseline.
Edge Hosting's CloudPlus Secure Cloud Infrastructure was awarded the ATO by the Department of Labor to provide Infrastructure- and Platform-as-a-Service.
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"DOL's authorization of Edge's cloud hosting services using FedRAMP requirements ensures the security of government data and paves the way for other agencies in using secure cloud services," said FedRAMP Director Matt Goodrich. "Other agencies can now leverage this authorization, potentially saving the Federal government hundreds of thousands of dollars by eliminating redundant security authorizations of Edge Hosting's cloud environment."
Edge Hosting's offerings are built off of VMware, EMC, Cisco, F5 and Dell Edge technologies to support fast migration to IaaS and PaaS.
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"The ATO represents a critical milestone in Edge's efforts to deliver secure cloud hosting solutions to the public sector marketplace," said Michael Altman, Edge Hosting COO. "Achieving FedRAMP compliance allows federal agencies to trust Edge's secure cloud hosting platform as the foundation for their cloud computing initiatives."
Edge Hosting's services were assessed for FedRAMP compliance by Lockheed Martin.
Aaron Boyd is an awarding-winning journalist currently serving as editor of Federal Times — a Washington, D.C. institution covering federal workforce and contracting for more than 50 years — and Fifth Domain — a news and information hub focused on cybersecurity and cyberwar from a civilian, military and international perspective.
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