The platform is expected to allow the US-based cloud service provider to reduce time and cost of security compliance
Xacta suite is designed to help in addressing the complex challenges of managing IT risk. (Credit: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay)
Oracle has chosen Telos’ enterprise cyber risk management and compliance analytics platform Xacta to speed up security compliance authorisations.
The platform is expected to enable the US-based cloud service provider to reduce time and cost of security compliance.
Oracle has selected Xacta for management and automation of security compliance at multiple classification levels.
According to Telos, the Xacta suite helps in addressing the complex challenges of managing IT risk with compliance monitoring, security assessment, and ongoing authorisation.
Oracle’s National Security Group senior vice president Glen Dodson said: “We selected Xacta because of its proven ability to accelerate authorizations in the federal government.
“Given that success, we knew that Telos and Xacta could quickly streamline the authorizations we needed at multiple classification levels to meet our accreditation objectives.”
Telos has recently updated Xacta with machine-readable data exchange capabilities for risk management automation and efficiency.
The update was made through the integration of the Intelligence Community’s BoE.xml standard, the development of its own Xacta Data Exchange (XDE) standard, and the early integration of NIST’s Open Security Control Assessment Language (OSCAL).
With its OSCAL capabilities, Xacta enables users to submit the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) system security plans (SSP) in a machine-readable format.
The platform is said to help in accelerating the approval process for inclusion in the FedRAMP Marketplace and speed time-to-revenue for federal cloud applications.
To expand the benefits for users in various industries, future versions of Xacta are expected to be built leveraging OSCAL capabilities.
Telos technical solutions vice president Hugh Barrett said: “Xacta fast-tracks the entire security compliance process – saving time and money that customers would normally devote to consulting or advisory services.
“We are pleased for the opportunity to assist Oracle in accelerating their compliance activities.”
In April last year, Telos expanded the availability of its Xacta solution to support all Microsoft Azure US Government cloud instances, including Azure Government, Azure Government Secret and Azure Government Top Secret.