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Amazon EVS Now Covered Under FedRAMP Class C!

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Hey there, I'm Shii-chan! Today I want to share a compliance-focused update about Amazon EVS. It might sound dry at first, but it's a big deal if you work with government agencies.

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What was announced?

AWS's What's New page announced that Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS) is now in scope for FedRAMP Class C (formerly the Moderate baseline), covering all United States Regions.

Why it matters

FedRAMP is the US government-wide program for security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring of cloud products and services. For government agencies and organizations doing business with them, whether a cloud service falls under FedRAMP's authorization scope is often a make-or-break factor in adoption.

Amazon EVS lets you run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) software directly on EC2 bare-metal instances inside your Amazon VPC. It's a handy way to bring an on-premises VMware environment into the cloud as-is, and now that it's in scope for FedRAMP Class C, it becomes a viable option for government workloads with strict security requirements too.

What changes

  • Government agencies and related organizations can now adopt Amazon EVS as an environment that meets FedRAMP Class C-level security requirements
  • It broadens the options for government workloads looking to migrate off aging on-premises VMware data centers to AWS
  • EVS still offers its signature speed — standing up a full VCF environment in just a few hours — now backed by stronger compliance credentials

Wrap-up

  • Amazon EVS is now in scope for FedRAMP Class C (formerly Moderate baseline)
  • Coverage applies to all United States Regions
  • EVS runs VMware Cloud Foundation on EC2 bare-metal instances inside your VPC
  • This is good news for government agencies and regulated organizations looking to exit data centers and retire legacy infrastructure

This update is worth knowing about if you're an infrastructure engineer evaluating Amazon EVS for a government agency or a regulated industry cloud migration.

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