FedRAMP and DoD Cloud Computing SRG Authorization of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP Signal a Secure Cloud for Public Sector IT

NetApp, a global, cloud-led, data-centric software company, announced that Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate authorization in the AWS US East (N. Virginia and Ohio) and AWS US West (N. California and Oregon) Regions, and FedRAMP High authorization in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.

With this announcement, agencies at all levels of government can confidently move data workloads to Amazon Web Services (AWS) with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, which meets the rigorous FedRAMP standards for security and risk assessments.
Additionally, Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is now authorized for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Cloud Computing (CC) Security Requirements Guide (SRG) Impact Levels Two, Four, and Five (DoD SRG IL2, IL4, and IL5) in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, and DoD SRG IL2 in the AWS US Regions.

“Government and defense organizations are increasingly turning to the cloud to help address the compliance and security needs required to support their sensitive and regulated workloads,” said Liz Martin, Director of the Department of Defense Business at AWS. “Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP’s FedRAMP and DoD security validations offer organizations in the public sector a secure way to migrate their data to AWS, opening up opportunities to consume other AWS services and applications to drive efficiencies at scale.”