Azure Government

STIG solution templates now available in Azure Government Secret for Windows, Linux, and more

Nirali Shah July 15, 2021 Jul 15, 2021 07/15/21

Today we’re announcing that our Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) solution templates are now also available in Azure Government Secret, enabling customers to build, host, and transform their applications faster across Impact Level 6 on secure and compliant infrastructure.

Azure Form Recognizer now processes IDs in Azure Government

Lu Zhang July 8, 2021 Jul 8, 2021 07/8/21

Form Recognizer can analyze and extract information from government-issued identification documents (IDs) using its prebuilt IDs model to help reduce the time, complexities and errors that come with manually extracting data from various ID types and formats.

Accelerating authorization: DoD mission owners can now coordinate with Microsoft on eMASS

Ibrahim Waziri Jr., Ph.D. June 17, 2021 Jun 17, 2021 06/17/21

The Department of Defense (DoD) has approved Microsoft access to the Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS). This allows DoD mission owners to coordinate with Microsoft on access to the Azure security authorization packages, including control inheritance and control implementation details.

Video | Better together for US government: Azure Security Center + Azure Sentinel

Lili Davoudian June 7, 2021 Jun 7, 2021 06/7/21

In this video, Lili Davoudian and TJ Banasik, CISSP-ISSEP, ISSAP, ISSMP, discuss and demonstrate how when coupled, Azure Security Center and Azure Sentinel create an integrated end-to-end detection, investigation, and response platform for protecting cloud workloads.

Join us: What’s next? Emerging tech impacting US government

Karina Homme May 20, 2021 May 20, 2021 05/20/21

We invite you to RSVP and join the Azure Government User Community Wednesday, May 26 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. EST for a meetup on “What’s next? Emerging tech impacting US government” via Teams Live.

SQL Server 2019 on RHEL8 container now available on Iron Bank-DoD’s Centralized Artifacts Repository

Nirali Shah May 14, 2021 May 14, 2021 05/14/21

SQL Server container images can now be used in highly-controlled environments, such as federal government, DoD, and Defense Industrial Base organizations, where the prerequisite to leverage any container image is that it must be hardened and accredited. To get started, you can download the container image from Iron Bank. 

Meeting CMMC Level 3 on Azure

Adam Dimopoulos May 6, 2021 May 6, 2021 05/6/21

The Azure team just released a new CMMC Level 3 initiative for Azure Policy and a corresponding blueprint sample. These preview releases are available in Azure and Azure Government. In this blog post we break down the releases and how customers can use these tools to accelerate CMMC compliance in Azure.

Zero Trust architecture in Azure for government

TJ Banasik May 5, 2021 May 5, 2021 05/5/21

The Azure Sentinel: Zero Trust (TIC 3.0) Workbook provides an overlay of Microsoft offerings to Zero Trust models, measurable over time via visualizations. Implementers, SecOps analysts, assessors, security and compliance decision makers, and MSSPs can leverage this capability to build, design, and monitor cloud security architectures.

Video: Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes—Managed Kubernetes at hyperscale for government

Nirali Shah April 27, 2021 Apr 27, 2021 04/27/21

Brendan Burns, Microsoft CVP of Azure Compute and Co-Founder of Kubernetes, presents at the United States Air Force Software Officer, Nicolas Chaillan’s, Ask Me Anything (AMA) series on DevSecOps for DoD.

April 28: Top cloud cyber defense tactics for government

Karina Homme April 14, 2021 Apr 14, 2021 04/14/21

Today’s threat landscape continues to grow in complexity, sophistication, and frequency. As advanced attacks emerge, it is critical for government agencies to keep pace with actionable tips and the latest technology to protect your enterprise. We invite you to join us to learn new cloud cyber defense preparation tactics for government.