Department of State served as the solution’s required sponsor through the FedRAMP Authorization process. The Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. AWS GovCloud was designed to meet the stringent government security and compliance controls for hosting sensitive Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and regulated workloads.
The cloud-native Federal Archive leverages the storage and compute resources of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud. “Federal Archive is the only solution that simplifies the capture, search and production of text messages as well as satisfies the federal government’s complex cloud security requirements.” “Federal demand for mobile text message capture and retention is strong and growing, as mobile devices grow more pervasive, and as agencies move to the cloud and must modernize their records retention, compliance and e-discovery programs,” said Brian Cramer, Smarsh CEO. According to the Office of Management and Budget, any cloud services that hold federal data must be FedRAMP Authorized. The FedRAMP program provides a standardized approach for all agencies to conduct security assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. Federal agencies are moving from legacy IT to more nimble, cost-effective and secure cloud-based solutions, and working with FedRAMP-Authorized providers enables agencies to save time and money in the vendor diligence process. Smarsh has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate Authorization for Federal Archive.įederal Archive is the only text message archiving solution with FedRAMP Authorization available on the market today. The platform is purpose-built to help organizations capture, retain, search and produce employee text messages in support of records preservation, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and litigation preparedness initiatives. PORTLAND, Ore.-( BUSINESS WIRE)-Smarsh, enabling organizations to manage the risk and uncover the value within their electronic communications, today introduced Federal Archive, the cloud-based mobile text message archiving solution for federal agencies.