Kratos Completes Assessment of Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Resulting in Highest FedRAMP Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO...
June 27 2016 - 7:00AM
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a
leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that
it served as the Third Party Assessment Organization (3PAO) for
Microsoft® Azure™ resulting in one of the first Federal Risk
Authorization and Management Program (FedRAMP) high baseline
authorizations. This enables federal customers to utilize Microsoft
to store the highest tiers of civilian government data in their
Azure Government Cloud.
The U.S. government issued the Cloud First
policy to drive cloud adoption, but data security has been a top
concern among agencies. FedRAMP works to ensure that cloud-based
services have adequate information security, most recently with a
pilot program to develop the high baseline standard, which adds
significant security controls beyond the previous low and moderate
levels. The high baseline authorizes Microsoft’s Azure cloud to
store and transmit government data sensitive enough that, if
leaked, could have a severe or catastrophic adverse effect on
organizational operations, assets or individuals.
Kratos served as Microsoft’s 3PAO and assessed
the Azure Government Cloud environment to ensure it met FedRAMP’s
requirements, leading to the high impact P-ATO from the Joint
Authorization Board (JAB). Kratos performed the audit by reviewing
over 400 security controls against Microsoft’s Azure Cloud
environment to achieve the highest impact level for FedRAMP
accreditation. The completed audit included a comprehensive review
of Microsoft’s infrastructure and a detailed Security Assessment
Report (SAR) with the results of the evaluation.
“Achieving FedRAMP High demonstrates that Azure
Government meets the highest bars for information security and
compliance,” said Matt Rathbun, Cloud Security Director at
Microsoft. “The Kratos 3PAO team worked closely with our
engineering teams and the FedRAMP JAB to help ensure we achieved
this accreditation. The Kratos team also went above and beyond to
assist Azure Government with earning our DISA IL-4 certification in
the same week as FedRAMP High.”
“Azure Government has now demonstrated that it
has the controls in place to store the highest levels of secured
civilian government data in the cloud,” explained Jake Landers,
Practice Manager for Kratos’ Civilian and Commercial Cybersecurity
Programs. “Building on the FedRAMP certification, we are also
providing audit services for Azure Government to meet DISA’s
stringent security standards for the Department of Defense.”
About Kratos Defense & Security
SolutionsKratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
(Nasdaq:KTOS) is a mid-tier government contractor at the forefront
of the Department of Defense’s Third Offset Strategy. Kratos is a
leading technology, intellectual property and proprietary product
and solution company focused on the United States and its allies’
national security. Kratos is the industry leader in high
performance unmanned aerial drone target systems used to test
weapon systems and to train the warfighter, and is a provider of
high performance unmanned combat aerial systems for force
multiplication and amplification. Kratos is also an industry leader
in satellite communications, microwave electronics, cyber
security/warfare, missile defense and combat systems. Kratos
has primarily an engineering and technically oriented work force of
approximately 2,700. Substantially all of Kratos' work is performed
on a military base, in a secure facility or at a critical
infrastructure location. Kratos' primary end customers are National
Security related agencies. News and information are available at
www.KratosDefense.com
About MicrosoftMicrosoft
(Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) is the leading platform and productivity
company for the mobile-first, cloud-first world, and its mission is
to empower every person and every organization on the planet to
achieve more. Microsoft and Azure are either registered trademarks
or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or
other countries.
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Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements are made on the basis of the current
beliefs, expectations and assumptions of the management of Kratos
and are subject to significant risks and uncertainty. Investors are
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the date they are made, and Kratos undertakes no obligation to
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business of Kratos in general, see the risk disclosures in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Kratos for the year ended
December 27, 2015, and in subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and
8-K and other filings made with the SEC by Kratos.
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