Cloud computing is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided as a service over the Internet.Users need not have knowledge of, expertise in, or control over the technology infrastructure in the "cloud" that supports them.
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Google’s Cloud Computing Certified by GSA
Google’s cloud computing applications first to be certified by the General Services Administration as meeting federal cybersecurity standards.
The certification only covers the use of Google Apps within GSA, but Google officials believe it gives the company a leg up in the race to move federal networks at other agencies into the cloud.
“We see this really as a green light for agencies to move forward with cloud computing,” David Mihalchik, head of business development for Google’s federal team, said “Given the leadership role GSA plays … we fully expect that other agencies will leverage this certification.”
GSA is heading up the Obama administration’s cloud-computing initiative, and last month it asked contractors for proposals to move GSA’s e-mail systems and other applications into the cloud.
Google’s certification is “something other agencies could look to, but not that they could use,” GSA spokeswoman Sahar Wali said.
This fall, GSA plans to set up a program called Fedramp that will speed adoption of cloud computing by allowing agencies to piggyback on each other’s cloud-related FISMA certifications. Existing certifications would give companies a head start once Fedramp is up and running.
Security has been a primary concern for federal department heads, to help alleviate those fears, Google will store government customers’ data in a system located in the continental United States and keep it separate from other Google customers’ information.
“Most agencies we have worked with have found that Google Apps provides at least equivalent, if not better, security than they have today,” Kripa Krishnan, technical program manager for Google Apps for Government, wrote in a blog post Monday.
Google Apps is already in use by more than a dozen federal agencies, but only for small projects that did not require FISMA certification, Mihalchik said.
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