Agencies, contractors get rules of the road for cloud security approvals

By summertime, departments will begin using a one-size-fits-all model for certifying that hardware and software accessed over the Web is protected.

Federal cloud providers by June 2012 will have to comply with new uniform security controls so that multiple agencies can piggyback off the certifications for faster installation, White House officials announced Thursday.

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