Oracle expands support for the U.S. Intelligence Community and Department of Defense
Oracle has announced that the U.S. Intelligence Community has granted authorization to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) for hosting Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) missions.
OCI’s Oracle National Security Regions (ONSRs), equipped with redundant and dispersed data centers, have been fortified to meet the highest classification levels mandated by the U.S. government for Top Secret/SCI tasks. These regions are overseen by U.S. citizens cleared by the government and connected solely to classified U.S. government networks. Cloud Network Operations Centers (CNOCs), managed securely, facilitate operations with the involvement of U.S. Government-cleared engineers.
This new certification offers the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community the ability to utilize Oracle Cloud innovations. Furthermore, Oracle’s enterprise accreditations have been expanded to accommodate unclassified, controlled unclassified information (CUI), and top-secret workloads. Oracle also provides customers access to dedicated cloud regions that have received authorization at FedRAMP High/DISA IL2-4, DISA IL 5, and FedRAMP+ levels.
The TS/SCI authorization moves the Intelligence Community and the DoD closer to their vision of multi-cloud utilization, fostering the adoption of commercial innovations for sensitive operations. Oracle’s advanced cloud technology assures consistent high performance and resilience, catering to data-focused and performance-intensive national security systems. These systems are upheld by a cybersecurity infrastructure that adheres to Zero Trust principles.
The new authorization enables the Intelligence Community to access over 50 Oracle Cloud services through Top Secret networks, with additional services anticipated to be made available through a continuous accreditation process. These services encompass not only core networking, computing, and storage offerings but also a diverse range of integrated and modern cloud-native services designed to enhance mission success. These capabilities include the Oracle Modern Data Platform incorporating Oracle Autonomous Database and Exadata Cloud Service, cloud-native VMware services utilizing vSphere console and APIs instead of VMC, Oracle Fast Connect for establishing direct network connections, Advanced Analytics, and HPC and GPU accelerated infrastructure.
Kim Lynch, Executive Vice President of Government Defense and Intelligence at Oracle, stated, “As an established partner to the IC and DoD, Oracle is proud to bring our next-generation cloud services to bear against their most important work. This latest authorization reinforces our commitment to accelerating our nation’s decision advantage to protect and advance our country.”
Oracle maintains a longstanding strategic technology partnership with the U.S. Government. With a comprehensive array of modern data management services, Oracle Cloud adheres to open cloud and data standards and is underpinned by AI and machine learning-powered architecture. Oracle Cloud is leveraged by the U.S. Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense for secure data collection, processing, analysis, and distribution across their operations. Over 1,000 public sector organizations globally benefit from Oracle’s leading-edge technologies and exceptional performance.