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BAE Systems, Dell EMC collaborating to offer hybrid cloud solutions for the government

BAE Systems and Dell EMC have inked a collaboration to offer hybrid cloud solutions for the U.S. government.

The federated secure cloud solution includes zero-anonymity security features for security administrators to monitor, track, and control in real time all software, hardware, and user access to their respective clouds, according to the companies.

The solution satisfies more than 900 security controls, with more than 30 controls from Intelligence Community overlay subpart C (INT-C) for rapid deployment authorization, says BAE Systems.

[Image courtesy: BAE Systems]

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