Box Announces Department of Defense Level 4 Authorization and Launches Box KeySafe for Government
April 26 2017 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
District of Columbia Government Chooses Box to
Power Collaboration for 35,000-member Workforce
Box, Inc. (NYSE: BOX), a leader in cloud content management,
today announced that it has received Department of Defense SRG
Impact Level 4 Authorization by the Defense Information Systems
Agency (DISA), and is also currently undergoing work to achieve a
FedRAMP High baseline assessment and authorization. In addition,
the company announced the availability of Box KeySafe for
Government delivered through its partnership with Amazon Web
Services’ GovCloud and that the Office of the CTO for the District
of Columbia Government has selected Box to manage sensitive
information in the cloud and improve the speed and flexibility of
its workforce collaboration.
“At Box, we’re continually focused on ways to provide the most
secure and compliant cloud content management solution that enables
government agencies to simplify every day workflows and effectively
serve their constituents,” said Sonny Hashmi, Managing Director of
Global Public Sector. “Our new DoD SRG Level 4 authorization, and
our work to meet FedRAMP High baseline represent our continued
commitment to meet the specialized security and compliance needs of
the 6,500 government agencies that we serve world-wide.”
Department of Defense Level 4 Authorization
Box announced that the Department of Defense (DoD), Defense
Information Systems Agency (DISA) has granted Box a Provisional
Authority to Operate (P-ATO) at the DoD Cloud Computing SRG Impact
Level 4 for Controlled Unclassified Information. With this
authorization, Box continues to reinforce its commitment to offer
products and services to support the DoD mission, allowing the
Department to manage sensitive, unclassified data within its
mission components. Using Box in an Impact Level 4 environment, DoD
missions can automate and streamline logistics, acquisition
planning, defense health information, and mobility support,
allowing servicemen and women to access relevant mission data from
within the DoD unclassified networks.
Box has already achieved certification to meet several industry
specific compliance requirements, including FedRAMP Moderate, CJIS,
IRS-1075, ITAR, HIPAA, PCI DSS 3.1, FINRA/SEC 17a-4, FISMA,
ISO27001:2013, and ISO 27018.
FedRAMP High Baseline Assessment and Authorization
Box is also currently working towards an assessment and
authorization process for high impact baseline. The newly released
FedRAMP high baseline requires cloud service providers to meet
additional security and compliance controls, required to manage the
most highly sensitive non-classified data for Federal civilian
agencies. Box is planning to complete the assessment within the
coming months.
Box KeySafe with AWS GovCloud
Box KeySafe for Government enables government agencies and the
organizations that work with the US government to gain independent
control over their content encryption keys without sacrificing the
ease of use or limiting the powerful collaboration features of Box.
Box KeySafe leverages Amazon Web Services (AWS) Key Management
Service (KMS) in the AWS GovCloud region, enabling Box to address
the needs of US Government entities and other highly regulated
customers with the highest security and compliance requirements.
Using Box KeySafe with AWS GovCloud, agencies can ensure compliance
as they move highly sensitive workloads into the cloud, including
content that is subject to ITAR/EAR, CJIS and IRS-1075
requirements. This solution reduces the risk of insider threats in
the cloud, improves agencies’ visibility into the security and
compliance of cloud data, and allows for unprecedented control to
meet law enforcement, national security sensitive, and export
controlled information in the cloud.
The District of Columbia, Office of the Chief Technology
Officer
The District of Columbia, Office of the Chief Technology Officer
(OCTO) has selected Box to manage sensitive information in the
cloud, allowing them to cost effectively improve mission outcomes.
In partnership with Box, OCTO continues to invest in modern,
innovative technology solutions to enable the District's
35,000-member workforce, allowing them to continually improve the
services they provide to residents and visitors.
"OCTO's mission is to direct the strategy, deployment, and
management of DC Government technology with an unwavering
commitment to IT excellence, efficiency, and value,” said Archana
Vemulapalli, Chief Technology Officer of the District of Columbia.
“OCTO is excited to partner with Box to leverage the economies of
scale of on-demand, cost effective and compliant cloud services,
allowing us to focus on mission outcomes, rather than managing
legacy IT activities.”
To learn more about Box for government, please visit
www.box.com/industries/government.
About Box
Box (NYSE:BOX) is the cloud content management company that
empowers enterprises to revolutionize how they work by securely
connecting their people, information and applications. Founded in
2005, Box powers more than 71,000 businesses globally, including
AstraZeneca, General Electric, P&G, and The GAP. Box is
headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices across the United
States, Europe and Asia. To learn more about Box, visit
http://www.box.com/.
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