We finally have a draft NIST SP 800-53r4. My lord, this is taking forever. For good reason, but... still. It's to be finalized in July, with comments on this draft due to sec-cert@nist.gov by April 6th. Here are the highlights, in their words since I haven't had a chance to read it myself: Clarification of security … Continue reading NIST SP 800-53r4 now in draft
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FedRAMP for the impatient.
FedRAMP is how clouds will be authorized for use in the Federal government. With it, the government to authorize a cloud for use just once, instead of forcing each agency to authorize the same cloud over and over. The FedRAMP program office published a CONOPS document, which sketches out how everything will work. It's tedious. … Continue reading FedRAMP for the impatient.
Sandia National Laboratories, 6 February 2012
Here's a presentation I did for the Sandia National Laboratories on February 6th, 2012. I covered the usual: the success of open source in government, and the role of open source in a cloud strategy. You can download the presentation, as well. I still can't spell Albuquerque without aid, but the city is great. If I squinted, … Continue reading Sandia National Laboratories, 6 February 2012
An Open Cloud Strategy, 3 Bullet Edition
I posted a link to David Lutterkort's fantastic talk on the Aeolus Project at PuppetConf 2011, and Matt Asay jumped right in: https://twitter.com/#!/mjasay/status/131046988971130880 He's right. So I blithely replied: https://twitter.com/#!/ghelleks/status/131047965061156867 This blog post was thus inevitable. 1) Choice is important. This should be "Choice is still important." but it wouldn't fit in the tweet. The … Continue reading An Open Cloud Strategy, 3 Bullet Edition
Lockheed Martin on Open Source and the Cloud
Lockheed Martin's Melvin Greer, Senior Fellow and Chief Strategist, Cloud Computing, noted that the contractor community's development of internal expertise in using open source software will help the government in its adoption of OSS. “When Vivek Kundra, the U.S. Chief Information Officer, unveiled his 25-point implementation plan for IT reform, one of his top initiatives … Continue reading Lockheed Martin on Open Source and the Cloud
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