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Government Cloud

Government Cloud helps public sector organizations innovate securely and compliantly. Government Cloud has been designed to provide the U.S. government and government contractors with privacy and high levels of performance, reliability, and security while helping them to meet authorizations such as IRS 1075, FedRAMP High, DoD Impact Levels, and Top Secret.

Leading organizations drive mission success with Government Cloud.

 

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Unlock Compliance

  • Built for Government: Secure data on an isolated, dedicated environment for U.S. government agencies and contractors.
  • Operate with Confidence: Operate with Confidence: Store and process sensitive data with confidence and meet authorizations such as FedRAMP High, IRS 1075, DoD Impact Level 4 and 5 (IL4 and IL5), and Top Secret.
  • Market Leading Infrastructure: Built on AWS GovCloud (US), the market leading FedRAMP-authorized cloud to adhere to the most stringent U.S. government security and compliance requirements.
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Innovate Faster

  • Pre-built Solutions and Capabilities: Take advantage of Salesforce’s pre-built solutions and capabilities and deploy faster with out-of-the-box applications for government service.
  • Build Apps with Clicks, Not Code: All you need is your mouse and a sense of adventure. Enhance your objects, data, and fields, customize your instance look and feel, augment your processes, create websites, and even create apps—all using point-and-click tools.
  • Get Automatic Innovation: The Salesforce platform is constantly evolving, with regular releases three times a year. We provide customers with seamless, automatic upgrades, delivered in real time.
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Get Ready for Mission Success

  • Get Support: Rely on an ecosystem of government experts, implementation partners, technology providers, and fellow government Trailblazers.
  • Drive Adoption: Access success programs and 1-on-1 engagements through Salesforce Accelerators & Success Managers to provide you recommendations and release readiness.
  • Extend with the AppExchange: Find and deploy ready-to-use apps that have been successfully tested with Government Cloud Plus.

Government Cloud Pricing

Government Cloud Plus

15%

applied to net spend*

Government Cloud Plus - Defense

25%

applied to net spend*

FedRAMP Moderate

FedRAMP High

IRS 1075

NIST SP 800-171

HIPAA

DoD Impact Level 4

DoD Impact Level 5

Government Cloud Plus

15%

applied to net spend*

Government Cloud Plus - Defense

25%

applied to net spend*

Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)

Covered Defense Information (CDI)

Federal Contracting Information (FCI)

Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

Payment Card Information (PCI)

Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPI)

Unclassified National Security Systems (NSS)

Government Cloud Plus

15%

applied to net spend*

Government Cloud Plus - Defense

25%

applied to net spend*

Data resides in continental United States

Virtually isolated environment

Physically isolated environment

Connects to DISA Authorized BCAP

NIPRNet IP Available

Integration with DoD Email Security Gateway

salesforce.mil URL Available

Government Cloud Plus

15%

applied to net spend*

Government Cloud Plus - Defense

25%

applied to net spend*

Multi-factor authentication

CAC & PIV authentication

User Activity logging

Security configuration dashboard

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Government Cloud FAQ

Government Cloud helps public sector organizations innovate securely and compliantly. It is a dedicated, cloud environment built so U.S. public sector organizations can scale and configure Salesforce, while helping to meet authorizations such as IRS 1075, FedRAMP High, and DoD Impact Levels.

The U.S. Government and its contractors have unique challenges like handling and protecting sensitive data in the face of increased cybersecurity threats while also meeting compliance mandates in an evolving regulatory landscape. Government Cloud helps them meet unique security and compliance needs.

Salesforce takes care of many security controls, provides regular patching, and launches a regular cadence of new innovations and updates. This reduces compliance burdens and risks. And helps you deliver best-in-class service while focusing on what matters most - delivering on the mission.

For an up-to-date list of authorized and interoperable products please visit the publicly available knowledge article: Government Cloud Available Products and Features. For example, Public Sector Solutions, is authorized to meet FedRAMP and DoD Impact Levels.

The main difference is that Government Cloud Plus supports Impact Level 4 (“IL4”) while Government Cloud Plus - Defense supports Impact Level 5 (“IL5”). For more details, see this comparison.