Lawmakers Want Pentagon to Clarify Cloud Security Standards

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http://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2014/04/lawmakers-want-pentagon-clarify-cloud-security-standards/83245/

By William Matthews
Nextgov.com
April 25, 2014

Two House members are proposing legislation they say would ease the way 
for cloud computing vendors to sell services to the Defense Department.

The Defense Cloud Security Act would require department officials to set 
clearer security requirements for cloud storage and other cloud services 
“and give vendors an opportunity to meet those standards,” said an aide to 
Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass. Tsongas and Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., are 
expected to introduce the legislation April 28.

Although the Defense Department already buys cloud services from a number 
of private vendors, Tsongas and Kilmer say that more companies could be 
providing more cloud services if the military had clearer security 
requirements.

For vendors, the military represents a large and potentially lucrative 
market for cloud storage and applications. And for the Defense Department, 
the cloud represents a way to reduce the cost of owning and operating its 
own servers and software.

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