Terremark, a Verizon Company, and its delivery partner,
URS Corporation’s information technology business URS-Apptis, today announced
that The Enterprise Cloud: Federal Edition is one of the first
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions to be certified for compliance with
Department of Defense (DoD) security requirements, as tested and verified by the
DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP).
Terremark Federal Group and URS-Apptis are now certified to host a DoD
application on Terremark’s IaaS offering.
DIACAP certification is an intensive and stringent
requirement for all IT systems that operate on a DoD network. As part of the
certification process, Terremark and URS-Apptis worked with the DoD to
configure, test and confirm that The Enterprise Cloud complies with the DoD’s
security requirements and was accredited by an authorized official. DIACAP
certification verifies that the information systems the DoD utilizes for its
critical applications are highly secure and reliable. The certification for the
cloud computing solution offered by Terremark enables the DoD to leverage the
efficiencies and scalability that only the cloud can deliver.
Terremark’s Enterprise Cloud: Federal Edition combines
the power and flexibility of IaaS with the expertise, security and
availability that government agencies demand of their infrastructure in order to
meet mission-critical computing needs. The Enterprise Cloud: Federal Edition’s highly secure architecture is designed to meet today’s
critical compliance requirements and has been audited against FISMA to the
moderate-level and NIST 800-53 for existing federal customers. Terremark also
can configure network connectivity to meet agency requirements, integrate
customer-owned network and security hardware, and engage third parties for
assessments or audits. This federal-only cloud infrastructure (Community Cloud,
as defined by NIST Version 15, 10-7-09) is hosted at Terremark’s NAP of the Capital
Region in Culpeper, VA and the NAP of the
Americas in Miami, which are top-tier datacenters that are
purpose-built to house federal IT infrastructure. Terremark’s cloud offerings
are further differentiated from other public cloud infrastructure by providing
advanced security options on the cloud.
URS-Apptis’ professional services, network and system
engineering, and software engineering capabilities have supported successful
cloud migrations and deployments for various government agencies. In addition
to design and implementation services, URS-Apptis provides on-going management
services to ensure that the security architecture, boundary definition, and
cloud operations are delivered in accordance with Agency certifications and
SLAs.
“With our federal-only cloud platform being
among the first shared infrastructure systems to receive DIACAP certification,
we have once again proven the leading-edge nature of our secure cloud
offerings,” said Jamie Dos Santos, President & CEO of Terremark Federal
Group. “This certification helps to assure our current and prospective
government customers that the cloud infrastructure we have designed specifically
for federal agencies meets the high standards for security set by the DoD and
provides the reliable cloud-based computing resources they need to run
applications vital to their missions.”
”This certification is another important proof-point
regarding URS-Apptis’ expertise and commitment to support government adoption of
the cloud in a secure and certified manner.” said Randall A. Wotring, President
of Federal Services for URS. “Our professional services offerings enable DoD
and other government organizations to leverage the value of cloud in support of
their mission while maintaining critical information assurance protections.”