District of Columbia Government Chooses Box to Power Collaboration
for 35,000-member Workforce
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Box, Inc. (NYSE: BOX), a leader in cloud content management, today
announced that it has received Department of Defense SRG Impact Level 4
Authorization by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and is
also currently undergoing work to achieve a FedRAMP High baseline
assessment and authorization. In addition, the company announced the
availability of Box KeySafe for Government delivered through its
partnership with Amazon Web Services’ GovCloud and that the Office of
the CTO for the District of Columbia Government has selected Box to
manage sensitive information in the cloud and improve the speed and
flexibility of its workforce collaboration.
“At Box, we’re continually focused on ways to provide the most secure
and compliant cloud content management solution that enables government
agencies to simplify every day workflows and effectively serve their
constituents,” said Sonny Hashmi, Managing Director of Global Public
Sector. “Our new DoD SRG Level 4 authorization, and our work to meet
FedRAMP High baseline represent our continued commitment to meet the
specialized security and compliance needs of the 6,500 government
agencies that we serve world-wide.”
Department of Defense Level 4 Authorization
Box announced that the Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Information
Systems Agency (DISA) has granted Box a Provisional Authority to Operate
(P-ATO) at the DoD Cloud Computing SRG Impact Level 4 for Controlled
Unclassified Information. With this authorization, Box continues to
reinforce its commitment to offer products and services to support the
DoD mission, allowing the Department to manage sensitive, unclassified
data within its mission components. Using Box in an Impact Level 4
environment, DoD missions can automate and streamline logistics,
acquisition planning, defense health information, and mobility support,
allowing servicemen and women to access relevant mission data from
within the DoD unclassified networks.
Box has already achieved certification to meet several industry specific
compliance requirements, including FedRAMP Moderate, CJIS, IRS-1075,
ITAR, HIPAA, PCI DSS 3.1, FINRA/SEC 17a-4, FISMA, ISO27001:2013, and ISO
27018.
FedRAMP High Baseline Assessment and Authorization
Box is also currently working towards an assessment and authorization
process for high impact baseline. The newly released FedRAMP high
baseline requires cloud service providers to meet additional security
and compliance controls, required to manage the most highly sensitive
non-classified data for Federal civilian agencies. Box is planning to
complete the assessment within the coming months.
Box KeySafe with AWS GovCloud
Box KeySafe for Government enables government agencies and the
organizations that work with the US government to gain independent
control over their content encryption keys without sacrificing the ease
of use or limiting the powerful collaboration features of Box. Box
KeySafe leverages Amazon Web Services (AWS) Key Management Service (KMS)
in the AWS GovCloud region, enabling Box to address the needs of US
Government entities and other highly regulated customers with the
highest security and compliance requirements. Using Box KeySafe with AWS
GovCloud, agencies can ensure compliance as they move highly sensitive
workloads into the cloud, including content that is subject to ITAR/EAR,
CJIS and IRS-1075 requirements. This solution reduces the risk of
insider threats in the cloud, improves agencies’ visibility into the
security and compliance of cloud data, and allows for unprecedented
control to meet law enforcement, national security sensitive, and export
controlled information in the cloud.
The District of Columbia, Office of the Chief Technology Officer
The District of Columbia, Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO)
has selected Box to manage sensitive information in the cloud, allowing
them to cost effectively improve mission outcomes. In partnership with
Box, OCTO continues to invest in modern, innovative technology solutions
to enable the District's 35,000-member workforce, allowing them to
continually improve the services they provide to residents and visitors.
"OCTO's mission is to direct the strategy, deployment, and management of
DC Government technology with an unwavering commitment to IT excellence,
efficiency, and value,” said Archana Vemulapalli, Chief Technology
Officer of the District of Columbia. “OCTO is excited to partner with
Box to leverage the economies of scale of on-demand, cost effective and
compliant cloud services, allowing us to focus on mission outcomes,
rather than managing legacy IT activities.”
To learn more about Box for government, please visit www.box.com/industries/government.
About Box
Box (NYSE:BOX) is the cloud content management company that empowers
enterprises to revolutionize how they work by securely connecting their
people, information and applications. Founded in 2005, Box powers more
than 71,000 businesses globally, including AstraZeneca, General
Electric, P&G, and The GAP. Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA,
with offices across the United States, Europe and Asia. To learn more
about Box, visit http://www.box.com/.
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