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Amazon GovCloud

In the United States, AWS GovCloud offers government customers and their partners the freedom to design secure cloud solutions that comply with FedRAMP High, the Department of Justice's Criminal Justice Information Systems Security Policy, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and the Department of Defense's Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG)

Why Use GovCloud?

 

AWS GovCloud (US) is a specialized region of Amazon Web Services (AWS) that caters to the unique compliance requirements of government customers and partners. It ensures adherence to a variety of stringent regulations, including the FedRAMP High baseline, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) Security Policy, the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the Department of Defense’s Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG) for Impact Levels 2, 4, and 5, FIPS 140-2, IRS-1075, and more.

Compliance with government security requirements is paramount in highly-regulated industries such as energy production, investment banking, and medical research. With AWS GovCloud (US), organizations can confidently address their compliance needs in a secure and reliable cloud environment.

By leveraging AWS GovCloud (US), businesses can proactively design and implement cloud solutions that align with the specific regulations they need to comply with. This proactive approach allows companies to ensure that their products and services meet the necessary compliance standards, mitigating the risk of regulatory issues and penalties.

 

  • Compliance

From a technical standpoint, GovCloud offers a wide array of features and services to meet the diverse needs of its users. As highlighted in Your article, customers can leverage AWS GovCloud (US) to ensure compliance with various security and regulatory standards such as ITAR, FedRAMP, DFARS, and DoD (SRG) Impact Levels 2-5. This ensures that sensitive data remains protected and secure.

  • Protect private data

GovCloud provides server-side encryption options for Amazon S3, safeguarding unclassified data files. Security keys are managed seamlessly through offerings like AWS CloudHSM and the user-friendly AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS).

  • Reinforce ID management

Identity federation, rapid key rotation, and advanced access control testing applications empower users to limit access to sensitive data, defining who, when, and where data can be accessed.

  • Bring the clouds into view.

GovCloud offers robust auditing capabilities through AWS CloudTrail, a comprehensive API logging solution hosted within the United States. This allows users to effectively track and monitor access and usage of sensitive data, ensuring compliance and accountability.

  • Protection for accounts and workloads

Constant surveillance of AWS accounts and workloads is provided by Amazon GuardDuty, which proactively detects potentially risky or unauthorized behavior. This includes monitoring unusual API calls or deployments and bolstering security measures within the GovCloud environment.

  • Effortless Scale

Government agencies, in particular, can harness the power of massive on-demand computing clusters, paying only for the resources they utilize. This enables them to gather the necessary intelligence to meet their goals and serve the needs of their constituents effectively. Furthermore, GovCloud’s scalability and pay-as-you-go model is facilitated by Amazon EC2, enabling users to scale their computing capabilities rapidly. Additionally, AWS Lambda provides the ability to run code in the cloud without needing server cluster maintenance, further streamlining operations.

 

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  • Applications for a wide range of company types

Enterprise software, such as Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft Windows, requires a high degree of reliability.. As a result, IT resources are either idle or underutilized for a considerable amount of the time. There are a number of advantages to adopting Amazon Web Services (AWS), including a higher level of security and reduced costs.

  • Performing computations at a high level of efficiency

Government agencies often gather vast data sets that provide crucial insights. Using Amazon Web Services (AWS), you can instantly establish massive compute clusters on-demand, pay only for the computing power you need, and receive the intelligence you need to meet your goals and the needs of everyone on the planet.

  • Big data

Big data applications, such as data warehousing, clickstream analytics and fraud detection, recommendation engines, serverless computing, and Internet of Things (IoT) computing can be rapidly scaled utilizing Amazon cloud computing services. Make sure you have all the resources you’ll need for your big data analytics applications.

  • Storage and disaster recovery

All of this is possible at any time, as long as you retain compliance with your data security requirements while increasing your scalable capacity and accessing durable and cost-effective cloud storage. Supporting standard disaster recovery approaches, such as simple backups and hot standby solutions that can failover at a moment’s notice, can enable IT systems backup, storage, and recovery to be completed in seconds.

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AWS GovCloud Product Specifications (US)

There are three AWS GovCloud (US) Regions that cater to federal, state, and local government agencies; educational institutions; and the broader ecosystem of US businesses and organizations.

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  • Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) is another powerful tool that automatically distributes incoming application traffic among various targets, including Amazon EC2 instances, containers, and IP addresses. By leveraging ELB, you can ensure optimal performance and availability for your GovCloud (US) Regions applications.
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Conclusion

AWS GovCloud (US) is a specialized region of Amazon Web Services (AWS) that caters to the unique compliance requirements of government customers and partners. It ensures adherence to a variety of stringent regulations, including the FedRAMP High baseline, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) Security Policy, the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the Department of Defense’s Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG) for Impact Levels 2, 4, and 5, FIPS 140-2, IRS-1075, and more.

Compliance with government security requirements is paramount in highly-regulated industries such as energy production, investment banking, and medical research. With AWS GovCloud (US), organizations can confidently address their compliance needs in a secure and reliable cloud environment.

By leveraging AWS GovCloud (US), businesses can proactively design and implement cloud solutions that align with the specific regulations they must comply with. This proactive approach allows companies to ensure that their products and services meet the necessary compliance standards, mitigating the risk of regulatory issues and penalties.

Employees in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) and (US-West) Regions are US residents working on US soil. Only U.S. companies and root account holders that pass a screening process can use AWS GovCloud (US). Customers must affirm that they will only manage and access root account keys to these locations through a US person (green card holder or citizen as defined by the US Department of State).

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