Over the past several years, we have witnessed defense agencies become increasingly cloud centric. The cloud has proven its ability to streamline operations, empower real-time decision making, and ensure mission success, and defense agencies are realizing on-premise models are no longer the most viable option. The benefits offered by the cloud, specifically around ERP operations, can transform organizations.
Which is why we’re excited to announce that our SAP ERP solution, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition, has received a provisional authorization (PA) from the DISA (Defense Information and Systems Agency). What does this mean for our defense customers? It means we can officially deploy SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition within our Department of Defense FedRAMP+Impact Level 4 (DoD IL4) secure cloud environment.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition is our secure cloud offering of SAP’s commercial solution, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition. At SAP, S/4HANA Cloud has earned multiple TrustRadius “Top Rated” and “Best Of” awards based directly on customer feedback.
This accomplishment surrounding SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition opens a new realm of opportunities for our defense customers, as they can now adopt a secured SAP ERP cloud solution that supports mission-critical operations, in real-time, from any location. While once limited to on-premise operations, which exhausted budget and resources, now defense agencies can migrate to the cloud where data is stored on remote-based servers and resources can be reallocated to support warfighters and defense workforces.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition packages applications, infrastructure, and support into an all-in-one software-as-a-service offering. As your secure cloud service provider, we handle the backend cloud operations so you can focus on your mission at hand.
On top of an all-encompassing support model, SAP NS2 stores your ERP cloud solution within an environment dedicated to defense agencies. Our FedRAMP+DoD IL4 secure cloud environment was built with defense agencies in mind. The environment is protected with continuous monitoring, vulnerability scanning, and intrusion detection to ensure Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is safeguarded. In addition to FedRAMP+DoD IL4, it adheres to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53, FedRAMP®, International Traffic and Arms (ITAR), and FedRAMP+Impact Level 2 (DoD IL2).
The innovation, functionality, and services of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition meet the same standards as SAP Commercial, but we apply U.S. government-grade security regarding how the solution is protected and managed.
We continue to support our defense agencies as they enter “the modern age of warfighting where the battlefield exists as much in the digital world as it does in the physical1.” SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition paves a path towards success and helps defense agencies commit to a cloud-first strategy.
1 Source: Department of Defense, “DOD Cloud Strategy.” https://www.Defense.Gov/, Dec. 2018, media.defense.gov/2019/Feb/04/2002085866/-1/-1/1/DOD-CLOUD-STRATEGY.PDF.
