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Microsoft Azure Government-hosted solutions to accelerate digital transformation and enhance security controls for the defense and intelligence community
SANTA CLARA, Calif .– (BUSINESS WIRE)-ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), the leading digital workflow company that makes the world a better place for everyone, announced today that the ServiceNow National Security Cloud (NSC) offer has obtained U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Impact Level 5 (IL5) Provisional Authorization. As such, ServiceNow NSC is one of several software-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service (SaaS/PaaS) offerings developed and authorized to meet the stringent Department of Defense Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide at Impact Level 5.
The IL5 Provisional Authorization will accelerate DOD’s digital transformation, as it allows DOD, its mission partners and select federal agencies to transfer highly sensitive data, including Controlled Unclassified Information and Unclassified National Security Systems, to ServiceNow cloud-based solutions hosted on Microsoft Azure Government.
“Since forming a strategic alliance with Microsoft in 2018, ServiceNow has empowered DOD to modernize its digital infrastructure and meet other mission -critical goals, such as driving efficiency and delivering better experiences for to employees, ”said Steve Walters, Vice President of Federal Sales, Services Today. “It validates our commitment to meet greater security compliance standards, IL5 Provisional Authorization makes it easier for customers across DOD to achieve mission goals quickly, and address critical issues affecting their organization, from navigating the new world of work to maximizing talent retention and engagement. . ”
Through its IL5 Provisional Authorization, the NSC provides federal agencies with 430 security controls, enabling them to better manage, process and safeguard their data. This approval for NSC expands ServiceNow’s growing portfolio of services tailored for the U.S. public sector, which already includes the Government Community Cloud (GCC) cloud service offering. Both the GCC hold a FedRAMP High Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO) and a DoD IL4 PA as well.
“There is a tremendous opportunity for customers — including the national security sector — to apply the power of the cloud to be more efficient and responsive,” said Rick Wagner, President, Microsoft Federal. “Our partnership combines ServiceNow’s expertise in digital workflows with Microsoft Azure, our trusted cloud, to enable customers to accelerate their digital transformation, while meeting ever -evolving security and compliance threat landscapes. ”
ServiceNow continues to be committed to customer information security and data privacy requirements. For more information on IL5 as well as our other global certifications such as protected by Australia IRAP and ServiceNow hosted in Azure regions in Singapore, visit the Regulated Industries page and our ServiceNow Trust and Compliance Center.
For more information on plans to help shape the future of federal government work, see the recap of ServiceNow’s participation in this year’s Federal Forum.
Use of Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” regarding the expectations, beliefs, plans, intentions and strategies associated with the ServiceNow National Security Cloud and obtaining IL5 Provision Authorization. Such future statements include statements regarding product capabilities and offerings and expected benefits to ServiceNow and customers. Forward -looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on potentially inaccurate assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or implied. of expected statements. If any such risks or uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions are proven wrong, our results may differ materially from the results expressed or implied by future statements we make. We have no obligation, and we do not intend, to update the forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in any forward-looking statement include, without limitation, (i) unexpected delays, difficulties, and costs in accelerating DOD’s digital transformation and (ii) changes in the U.S. regulatory landscape related to the conduct of business in the U.S. government. Additional information on factors that may affect our financial and other results is included in the filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time.
About ServiceNow
ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) makes the world a better place for everyone. Our cloud based platform and solutions help organizations digitize and consolidate so they can find smarter, faster, more efficient ways to streamline workflows. So employees and customers can be more connected, more innovative, and more agile. And we can all create the future we can imagine. The world works with ServiceNow ™. For more information, visit: www.servicenow.com.
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