{"id":361544,"date":"2018-05-17T05:21:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T04:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-pentagon-wants-cloud-secure-enough-to-hold-nuke-secrets\/"},"modified":"2018-05-17T05:21:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T04:21:35","slug":"prison-planet-com-pentagon-wants-cloud-secure-enough-to-hold-nuke-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-pentagon-wants-cloud-secure-enough-to-hold-nuke-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Pentagon Wants Cloud Secure Enough to Hold Nuke Secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/emerging-tech\/2018\/05\/pentagon-wants-cloud-secure-enough-hold-nuke-secrets\/148192\/\"><strong>NextGov<\/strong><\/a><br \/>May 16, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Defense Department\u2019s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud will be designed to host the government\u2019s most sensitive classified data, including critical nuclear weapon design information and other nuclear secrets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon is expected to bid out the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/it-modernization\/2018\/04\/how-pentagon-contract-sparked-cloud-war\/147788\/\"> controversial<\/a> JEDI cloud contract this week, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/media\/gbc\/docs\/pdfs_edit\/051418fk1ng.pdf\">new contracting documents<\/a> indicate the winning company must be able to obtain the full range of top secret government security clearances, including Department of Energy \u201cQ\u201d and \u201cL\u201d clearances necessary to view restricted nuclear data.<\/p>\n<p>In response to questions from <em>Nextgov<\/em>, Defense Department spokeswoman Heather Babb confirmed \u201cJEDI cloud services will be offered at all classification levels.\u201d Babb said military and defense customers \u201cwill determine which applications and data migrate to the cloud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amazon Web Services, considered a front-runner to win the JEDI contract, is already able to host some Defense Department<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/it-modernization\/2018\/03\/defense-agency-begin-moving-classified-data-amazons-secret-cloud-after-protest\/146619\/\"> classified data<\/a> in a $600 million cloud it developed several years ago for the CIA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/emerging-tech\/2018\/05\/pentagon-wants-cloud-secure-enough-hold-nuke-secrets\/148192\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2018  at  7:05 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/pentagon-wants-cloud-secure-enough-to-hold-nuke-secrets.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/pentagon-wants-cloud-secure-enough-to-hold-nuke-secrets.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NextGovMay 16, 2018 The Defense Department\u2019s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud will be designed to host the government\u2019s most sensitive classified data, including critical nuclear weapon design information and other nuclear secrets. 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