Amazon CloudWatch Logs receives Provisional FedRAMP-High Authorization to Process Sensitive Government Log Data

Posted on: Jan 12, 2017

Amazon CloudWatch Logs has received a Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO) at the FedRAMP High Baseline within the AWS GovCloud (US) region. This enables government customers to utilize Amazon CloudWatch Logs to process the government’s most sensitive unclassified data. 

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a U.S. government program established to standardize the security authorization process for Cloud Service Providers (CSPs). Authorization is issued by the Joint Authorization Board (JAB), consisting of several government agencies.  

For more information, see the AWS Security Blog. To know more about CloudWatch Logs, visit the CloudWatch Logs product page.