On Tuesday, October 13th, EconSys completed the migration of FedHR Navigator to AWS. The move to the AWS environment required a data migration of all databases, documents, and files from the previous environment.
FedRAMP — short for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program — was created in 2011, to implement standardization for cloud services used by federal agencies. It’s built on the back of FISMA, legislation passed in 2002, to ensure that federal agencies are meeting a regulated minimum when it comes to IT security.
In other words, FedRAMP exists to regulate which cloud services agencies can and can’t use.
In 2017, the Federal Government operated more than 12,000 datacenters with more than 150,000 servers around the United States, costing billions of dollars each year. The number ballooned rapidly since 2010, when the government operated only 2,094 datacenters, and despite recent efforts …
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Cybersecurity is one of the most pressing issues facing information security professionals and executive decision makers. This is even more the case for federal agencies, which have been tasked with safeguarding the information of 330 million people. At the same time, …
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Starting in 2012, all federal agencies considering new technology solutions had to work with FedRAMP-authorized cloud service providers (CSP). The same restrictions extended to existing technology solutions starting in 2014, and now there are more than 150 different FedRAMP authorized CSPs with provisional …
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For federal agencies considering technology changes for their HR operations, there are many benefits to selecting a cloud service provider who has already gone through the process of becoming FedRAMP compliant. While all cloud service providers (CSP) must be compliant for …
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Since 2012, federal agencies have worked with cloud service providers (CSPs) who have been authorized by the FedRAMP program, managed by the Joint Authorization Board (JAB) to ensure the same high standards of security and implementation for all Cloud Service Offerings …
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There are several benefits to working with a cloud service offering from a FedRAMP authorized vendor. There are cost savings in shifting to the cloud and a highly visible security process, and the FedRAMP process makes it possible to evaluate previously vetted offerings, …
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Many federal agencies still operate on premise data centers, manned by large IT staffs. Despite private enterprise and some agencies largely shifting to cloud-based solutions for HR operations, many government entities remain wary of such a major transition in how …
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