Well, the NORKs and Chin won't need spies any more. They'll just log into the blue collection of holes held together by string.
Microsoft Azure ████ secret ██ █████ ██ US govt's ███ ███ centers
Microsoft's Azure cloud has been approved to host classified-level applications for the US government. Redmond said on Wednesday the Azure Government wing of its cloud compute service has been cleared to host secret-level data and code for Uncle Sam's agencies and contractors. The service, creatively dubbed Azure Government …
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Thursday 19th October 2017 03:23 GMT Florida1920
Re: Strange partners...
They probably deserve each other, but I can always turn off Microsoft, but not the government, so I wonder what is going on.
Now, it seems, if you turn off Microsoft, you're also turning off the government. Two for the price of one! Is America getting great again or what?
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Thursday 19th October 2017 04:23 GMT jonfr
If it's on the internet
If it's on the internet or connects over the internet it's not isolated in any way. They can secure it up to a point, but failures are going to happen and that is going to leak data in one way or another.
If you want to keep data isolated, you keep them off the internet.
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Thursday 19th October 2017 08:44 GMT Anonymous Coward
As a government using the cloud for secret data I would demand 24/7 real time monitoring by a team and access to be agreed in advance for all users using multi-factor authorisation.
Actually no, I just wouldn't put it in the cloud, it's really not worth the risk.
It would also be interesting to see if there are any reciprocal benefits coming from Microsoft to the government for using their cloud. Money has a funny way of opening doors.
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Thursday 19th October 2017 13:00 GMT Steve the Cynic
Re: "Secret" isn't a very high classification level
"It sounds very important of course, but isn't."
Correct. My late wife, when she was in the USAF (and later the Mass. ANG) had a Top Secret (with SCI, no less) and she had a sort of spitting contempt for people who thought that a "Secret" clearance was a big deal. (For complicated reasons, at one time she had one of those as well.)
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