AWS is pleased to announce that Wickr for Government (WickrGov) has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Ready status at the Moderate Impact Level, and is actively working toward FedRAMP Authorized status.
FedRAMP is a US government-wide program that promotes the adoption of secure cloud services across the federal government by providing a standardized approach to security and risk assessment for cloud technologies and federal agencies.
Customers find security and control in Wickr
Wickr is a unified collaboration solution that meets security criteria set out by the National Security Agency (NSA), providing enterprises and government agencies with advanced security and administrative controls to help them satisfy requirements. WickrGov is a hosted version of Wickr Enterprise that includes communication mechanisms—such as one-to-one and group messaging, audio and video calling, screen sharing, and file sharing—that are protected with 256-bit end-to-end encryption (E2EE).
Encryption takes place locally, on the endpoint. Every call, message, and file is encrypted with a new random key, and no one but the intended recipients (not even Wickr or AWS) can decrypt them. Flexible administrative features enable organizations to deploy at scale, and facilitate information governance.
Information can be selectively logged to a secure, customer-defined data store for compliance, e-discovery, and auditing purposes. Users have full administrative control over data, which includes setting permissions, configuring ephemeral messaging options, and defining security groups. Wickr integrates with additional services such as Active Directory, single sign-on (SSO) with OpenID Connect (OIDC), and more.
The FedRAMP milestone
In obtaining a FedRAMP Ready designation, WickrGov has been measured against a set of security controls, procedures, and policies established by the US Federal Government, based on National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) standards. WickrGov offers a fully managed secure collaboration service for US government data, operating within the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.
“We are proud to have secured FedRAMP Ready status for Wickr for Government. Our customers turn to Wickr for the security they need to protect field agents and officers, without sacrificing the ability to manage and retain records as required,” says Wickr GM Joel Wallenstrom. “This achievement demonstrates our strategic commitment to providing government agencies and commercial organizations solutions that meet the highest standards for data security, as well as operational integrity and control.”
FedRAMP on AWS
AWS is continually expanding the scope of our compliance programs to help customers use authorized services for sensitive and regulated workloads. We now offer 125 AWS services authorized in the AWS US East/West Regions under FedRAMP Moderate Authorization, and 99 services authorized in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions under FedRAMP High Authorization.
The FedRAMP Ready status for WickrGov further validates our commitment at AWS to public-sector customers, and enables organizations to combine the security of high-standard encryption with the administrative control needed to keep up with regulatory changes. WickrGov is now listed on the FedRAMP Marketplace.
For up-to-date information, see our Services in Scope by Compliance Program page. For details about the WickrGov platform, please visit the FedRAMP Marketplace, or email wickrfedramp@amazon.com.
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