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DISA Authorizes IBM Cloud For NIPRNet Access

Friday, February 12th, 2016

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DISA Authorizes IBM Cloud For NIPRNet Access

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The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) authorized IBM [IBM] to deliver cloud services at the highest unclassified security level with direct access to the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Nonsecure Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNet) internal network, the company said Thursday.DISA granted IBM a Conditional Authority to operate the cloud services. The high security level is called Impact Level 5 and it paves the way for department agencies that may want to take advantage of benefits of using a cloud…

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