Salesforce has introduced Government Cloud Premium, a secure platform designed to help federal agencies manage classified information and develop applications.
The company said Monday the new Software-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service offering has been authorized at the Top Secret level.
Bill Pessin, senior vice president of national security at Salesforce, said the company is “deeply committed to ensuring [agencies] have the tools they need to drive mission success.”
“With Government Cloud Premium, U.S. national security and intelligence customers can now transform operations and move at mission speed with reliable, secure and compliant capabilities,” he added.
Through Government Cloud Premium, agencies can create new applications and integrate them with other data and systems, a capability enabled by its API-first architecture. The new platform also supports workflow automation.
The system uses authentication, access controls and encryption to protect sensitive information, allowing intelligence agencies to address shifting mission demands. It is hosted on Amazon Web Services’ Top Secret cloud, which optimizes information sharing between agencies and accelerates operational speed.
Government Cloud Premium additionally allows agencies to transfer information from unclassified to classified networks. It also provides automatic updates, government-specific data models and reusable components.