What is the AWS GovCloud?

AWS GovCloud (US) is an isolated AWS region designed to host sensitive data and regulated workloads in the cloud, helping customers support their US government compliance requirements, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High …

Is AWS GovCloud private or public?

AWS GovCloud (US) uses endpoints that are specific to AWS GovCloud (US) and are publicly available from the Internet but are accessible only to AWS GovCloud (US) customers.

What level is AWS GovCloud?

Level 5
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has granted the AWS GovCloud (US) Region an Impact Level 5 (IL5) Department of Defense (DoD) Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (CC SRG) Provisional Authorization (PA) for six core services.

What is AWS GovCloud is it available to the general public?

AWS GovCloud (US) is available to government customers, organizations in highly regulated industries, and other commercial entities that meet AWS GovCloud (US) requirements. See all of the Compliance Programs supported on AWS Cloud.

Is GovCloud more secure?

Does AWS GovCloud (US) offer better security than other AWS Regions? AWS GovCloud (US) offers the same high level of security as other AWS Regions and supports existing AWS security controls and certifications.

Who uses GovCloud?

GovCloud is designed to meet the needs of US government agencies at the federal, state, and local level, government contractors, educational institutions, and other U.S. customers who deal with sensitive information. One of the primary features of the GovCloud is that it is restricted to U.S. citizens.

What is cloud SRG?

The Department of Defense (DoD) Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG) provides a standardized assessment and authorization process for cloud service providers (CSPs) to gain a DoD provisional authorization, so that they can serve DoD customers.

What is DoD impact level5?

The Defense Security Information Systems Agency’s Impact Level 5 accreditation allows Splunk Cloud Platform to handle controlled unclassified information for government customers and signifies that the platform is compliant with security and compliance standards set forth by DOD, the company said Thursday.

Is GovCloud a community cloud?

AWS GovCloud (US) is a gated community cloud designed to support the compliance needs of customer workloads with direct or indirect ties to U.S. Government functions, services, or regulations.

Is AWS GovCloud expensive?

AWS GovCloud is also generally more expensive than the commercial version. Comparable compute resources cost more in that region than they do in standard AWS regions; it’s also more expensive to transfer data out of the cloud. Despite those limitations, AWS GovCloud does have benefits for its targeted audience.

How many AWS GovCloud regions are there?

The AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region consists of three Availability Zones and with this launch, the AWS Global Infrastructure now offers a total of 57 Availability Zones worldwide, serving customers in over 190 countries.

What is FedRAMP high?

FedRAMP high impact level is the standard for security necessary to protect some of the federal government’s most sensitive, unclassified data in cloud computing environments.