Verizon Secures FedRAMP Authorization for Its Public Sector Cloud-Computing Platform

NEW YORK, Nov. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Enterprise Solutions' cloud-computing platform has received Authority to Operate from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Securing FedRAMP Agency ATO paves the way for U.S. federal government agencies to easily and securely migrate mission-critical workloads to the cloud, while reducing the time, costs and resources required to evaluate the security of cloud services.

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Information on Verizon Enterprise Solutions' portfolio of cloud, data center and related offerings for public sector can be found on Verizon's federal cloud computing website.

Verizon is the leading provider of communications services to the U.S. federal government. For more information, visit the Verizon Public Sector Markets website.

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