Last week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban some U.S. Federal agencies from purchasing drones and drone components manufactured in certain foreign countries. The “Drone Origin Security Enhancement Act,” would prevent all government agencies from purchasing drones based solely on their country of manufacture. A similar bill currently in the
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FedRAMP Issues First Provisional Certification to Cloud Contractor
By Kate M. Growley, CIPP/G, CIPP/US & Gordon Griffin on
Posted in Cybersecurity

Just before the closing bell for 2012, the federal government gave its first approval for government-wide security authorization to a cloud service provider. On December 26, the General Services Administration (GSA) certified its first cloud service provider under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, more commonly known as FedRAMP. The GSA expects last month’s …