The federal governing administration has certified the to start with 4 cloud support companies equipped to keep safeguarded-stage general public sector knowledge underneath its new internet hosting certification framework.
Amazon Web Providers, Vault Cloud, Sliced Tech and AUCloud acquired indicator-off from the Digital Transformation Company as the to start with tranche of ‘certified strategic’ cloud companies on Thursday.
Licensed strategic is the greatest stage of assurance underneath the framework, and requires internet hosting companies and knowledge centres to allow the governing administration to specify ownership and control ailments.
The lesser certification is ‘certified assured internet hosting provider’ – the minimal obtain-in for knowledge centre and managed support companies seeking to host safeguarded-stage knowledge or governing administration-extensive techniques.
All safeguarded-stage knowledge and knowledge from complete-of-governing administration techniques is now expected to be stored in both certified assured or certified strategic knowledge centres.
The 4 cloud companies sign up for seven knowledge centre companies – or ‘direct’ companies to governing administration – that have by now been certified to the strategic stage.
Canberra Knowledge Centres, Macquarie Telecom and Australian Knowledge Centres had been the to start with to make the coveted standing in June followed by NextDC, Equinix and Fujitsu in August.
The DTA is nevertheless to certify any support companies or knowledge centres at the lesser certification stage of certified assured.
Panellists on the government’s knowledge centre arrangement had been the to start with to grow to be eligible for certification in April, although ‘indirect’ companies like cloud companies began implementing in September.
In a statement, AWS’ A/NZ general public sector director Iain Rouse stated the certification would give the governing administration organizations that use its expert services confidence and allow them to continue on innovating.
“AWS is highly delicate to the security requirements of our shoppers in every single area in which we work,” he stated.
“We know how vital it is to [governing administration] to mitigate threats in supply chains and knowledge centres, and we comprehend that organizations have to have to establish and supply technological know-how from companies they belief.
“AWS’ certification… reinforces our ongoing commitment to meet the greatest specifications of digital security and means Australian citizens now have even greater confidence that the governing administration is securing their knowledge.
AUCloud managing director Phil Dawson stated the certified strategic certification highlighted the company’s credentials as a “sovereign cloud provider” supporting the governing administration.
He stated that this, merged with AUCloud’s financial investment in security, demonstrates governing administration can work “mission critical countrywide security environments with entire confidence”.
“AUCloud’s security capabilities exceed Australian ideal apply for knowledge classification up to safeguarded,” Dawson additional.
Vault Cloud CEO Rupert Taylor-Price stated that immediately after investing in governing administration grade security about many decades, the “extra goverance and assurance that the [framework] delivers about supply chains is a constructive phase in the governing administration managing threats to knowledge”.