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			<span class="post-date">Apr 29</span>

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				Posted by <a href="/forum/user/501-soham-srimani">SOHAM SRIMANI</a>				in <a href="/blog/categories/technology">Technology</a>			</span>
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	<p class="MsoNormal">AWS has been authorized to operate under FedRAMP(U.S. government-wide general security standard) since May of 2013. Under FedRAMP, AWS has already made contracts with U.S. Military, Air-force &amp; Navy. With the recent authorization from United States Defence Department’s cloud security standards, AWS can work with all agencies within the U.S Defence Department from now on. It’s like a new feather added to the AWS hat! Teresa Carlson, AWS’s vice president for the public sector, said the new certification could mean more than just new Defence Department business. This would let AWS work with more defence agencies to host several sensitive projects.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To read more, visit the following link:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/amazon-web-services-gets-defense-security-authorization/2014/03/28/7959ad8a-b500-11e3-8cb6-284052554d74_story.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/amazon-web-services-gets-defense-security-authorization/2014/03/28/7959ad8a-b500-11e3-8cb6-284052554d74_story.html</a></p></div>

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