Government agencies are faced with a conundrum. They need innovative technology solutions that can keep up with the every changing need of users as they strive for a more digital government. Yet, they can’t put themselves at risk by implementing IT solutions that are not compliant with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP).
FedRAMP provides agencies a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for their cloud products and services. This is saving government agencies significant costs by eliminating duplication of efforts, reducing risk management, and tightening cyber security. Additionally, FedRAMP helps agencies save time and money by speeding up procurement for cloud services and opening the door for new and innovative approaches that streamline solution integration and improve performance.
As agencies are moving to the cloud and looking to provide collaboration services to their teams, Cisco has secured FedRAMP certification for WebEx Web Conferencing, providing government agencies a web conferencing platform that is already FedRAMP-compliant and is seeking compliance on all of their cloud services and solutions.
In the meantime, Cisco warns customers to avoid being Jack, who is frustrated by the lack of secure collaboration tools and is tempted to adopt a service that doesn’t meet the agency’s standards. Instead, follow Zach’s lead:
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