Updated Guidance on the Acquisition and Use of Commercial Cloud Computing Services

Citation
Department of Defense, Updated Guidance on the Acquisition and Use of Commercial Cloud Computing Services (Dec. 14, 2014) (full-text).

Overview
This memo defines DoD Component responsibilities when acquiring commercial cloud services. The memo allows components to responsibly acquire cloud services minimally in accordance with the security requirements outlined in Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). DISA previously published the concepts for operating in the commercial cloud under the Cloud Security Model. Version 1 defined the overall framework and provided initial guidance for public data. Version 2.1 added information for Controlled Unclassified Information.