Telos’ Xacta Expands Availability to Microsoft Azure across all U.S. Government Cloud Instances

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Telos Corporation (NASDAQ: TLS) announced its Xacta solution will support all Microsoft Azure U.S. Government cloud instances, including Government, Secret, and Top Secret. Xacta automates compliance tasks related to security frameworks like NIST and ISO 27001, streamlining risk management. This integration allows customers to generate accreditation packages automatically and track compliance status, reducing the effort required for authorizations. The partnership with Microsoft aims to enhance efficiency in migrating workloads to Azure.

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• Xacta's integration with Azure enhances compliance automation for customers.
• Partnership with Microsoft strengthens market position in cloud compliance.
• Streamlining risk management reduces operational costs for clients.

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Telos Corporation’s cyber risk management solution to bring faster cloud compliance to Azure customers

ASHBURN, Va., April 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Telos® Corporation (NASDAQ: TLS), a leading provider of cyber, cloud and enterprise security solutions for the world’s most security-conscious organizations, today announced its Xacta^® solution will be available to support all Microsoft Azure U.S. Government cloud instances, including Azure Government, Azure Government Secret and Azure Government Top Secret.

“Microsoft has been a tremendous partner,” said John B. Wood, CEO and chairman, Telos. “From the very beginning we have had a shared vision for streamlining the risk management and compliance process, and together we’ll begin to considerably reduce the time and cost it takes to receive and maintain authorizations.”

Currently available on the Azure Marketplace, Xacta is specifically engineered for compliance of systems and networks handling the most sensitive data. Xacta automates many labor-intensive tasks associated with key security frameworks such as the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF), NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), FedRAMP and ISO 27001. By incorporating Azure Policy with Xacta, customers can automatically generate a large portion of the required accreditation package, reducing the manual effort required of authorizing officials and freeing up their time to focus on making critical risk decisions.

The integration between Xacta and Azure Policy and Blueprints enables customers to track their compliance status against centrally manage compliance policies and enforce policies to ensure compliance going forward. Once aligned to an Azure customer’s workload, Xacta can analyze IT asset information collected seamlessly from Azure resources and hosted systems, enabling greater efficiency when moving workloads to Azure.

“Xacta is well known for its ability to streamline the cyber risk management process,” said Zach Kramer, partner engineering manager, Azure Global, Microsoft. “We’re pleased to expand our Xacta deployment and work together with Telos to automate the assessment and authorization process for our Azure Government clouds.”

For more information, visit: www.telos.com/azure.

About Telos Corporation
Telos Corporation (NASDAQ: TLS) empowers and protects the world’s most security-conscious organizations with solutions for continuous security assurance of individuals, systems, and information. Telos’ offerings include cybersecurity solutions for IT risk management and information security; cloud security solutions to protect cloud-based assets and enable continuous compliance with industry and government security standards; and enterprise security solutions for identity and access management, secure mobility, organizational messaging, and network management and defense. The company serves military, intelligence and civilian agencies of the federal government, allied nations and commercial organizations around the world. 

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Merritt Group on behalf of Telos Corporation
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Investors:
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The Blueshirt Group on behalf of Telos Corporation
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FAQ

What is Telos Corporation's Xacta solution for Azure?

Xacta is a compliance solution designed to support Microsoft Azure U.S. Government cloud instances, automating many tasks associated with risk management and compliance.

How does Telos' partnership with Microsoft benefit customers?

This partnership enhances the speed and efficiency of compliance processes, reducing the time and costs required for obtaining authorizations on Azure.

What frameworks does Xacta help automate compliance for?

Xacta automates compliance tasks for frameworks including NIST Risk Management Framework, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, FedRAMP, and ISO 27001.

When was the announcement about Xacta's support for Azure made?

The announcement was made on April 13, 2021.

What is the stock symbol for Telos Corporation?

The stock symbol for Telos Corporation is TLS.