MS Azure to host classified US Govt info

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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 Secret, will be offered across the US Azure Government Cloud network; an isolated set of six interconnected cloud data centers spread across America from Virginia to Arizona.

"Azure Government Secret will deliver multi-tenant cloud infrastructure and cloud capabilities to US Federal Civilian, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and US Government partners working within Secret enclaves," said Azure head of global infrastructure Tom Keane.

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/...bs_about_secret_clearance_from_us_government/

So we can expect a gaggle of zitty schoolboy script kiddies to be extradited every week for accidentally launching America's nukes when all they were trying to do was play COD or look at Katy Perry's knockers.
 
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