Why Choose CGS?
Why Choose CGS as a Provider or Partner?
Clear Government Solutions delivers a unique set of features and benefits for Federal government agencies. There are three in particular that enable agencies to rapidly implementation high-performance cloud computing and infrastructure services:
- Certified for Immediate Federal Agency Orders and Implementations
CGS, via its CLW business unit, has a permanent Authority to Operate (ATO) in all three functional areas covered by the GSA Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) BPA: Cloud Storage, Virtual Machines and Cloud Hosting.
What does this mean for Federal agencies? Federal government agencies that need to implement cloud-related initiatives can do so immediately, shaving as much as 12 months off of their implementation timeline.
- Application Layer PKI Authentication
CGS’s ability to provide PKI authentication at the application layer ensuring the identity of the user with non-repudiation and facilitating secure, single sign-on (SSO).
What does this mean to Federal agencies? The PKI layer authentication means an enhanced user experience through secure, authenticated single sign-on, saving time and resources.
- 100% Government Cloud
Because the Clear Government Solutions cloud serves only government clients, there is no commingling of commercial and government activity.Being 100% government enables hybrid community clouds, allowing resource sharing among a community of shared interests.
What does this mean to Federal agencies? Agencies within a community of interest (i.e. intelligence, transportation, healthcare) can share a private cloud, keeping them secure and separate from each other and any commercial cloud systems.
