Salesforce Launches New Top Secret Authorized Government Cloud Offering for U.S. National Security and Intelligence Agencies

New Government Cloud Premium has Top Secret authorization to help government agencies with classified needs innovate at mission speed while upholding the highest standards of security and compliance

U.S. national security and intelligence customers can use Government Cloud Premium to support mission-critical operations, secure classified information, and tap the power of data-driven intelligence

Salesforce today announced Government Cloud Premium, a new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering with Top Secret authorization from the U.S. Government that makes the Salesforce Platform available for Top Secret use cases. Government Cloud Premium provides U.S. national security and intelligence organizations with a dedicated environment for no-code, low-code and pro-code application development, workflow automation, and API-first architecture for easily integrating  government systems and tools. And, since it is API-first architected, the underlying data model and applications are extensible, so agencies can take advantage of other data and systems – including proprietary  artificial intelligence (AI) applications – to advance the mission.

Why it matters: Legacy systems cannot provide the speed, scale, and application development agility required to preserve decision and intelligence advantages. A recent case study from the U.S. Department of Defense found that legacy systems can take years to adapt to mission needs. In order to maintain operational advantages amid an increasingly dynamic and complex world, U.S. national security and intelligence agencies need the flexibility to respond quickly to evolving mission needs. 

Accelerating mission impact: Hosted on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Top Secret cloud – a dedicated cloud infrastructure accredited to operate Top Secret Workloads – Government Cloud Premium helps agencies enhance information sharing, gain mission-critical data insights, and speed up operations while helping meet the highest standards of security and compliance. Government Cloud Premium will provide intelligence agencies with a strategic advantage, helping to: 

• Quickly respond to mission needs: With Government Cloud Premium, agencies can swiftly build and configure user-friendly cloud applications with no code and low code that can be easily adapted to the evolving demands of the mission. 
• Secure classified information: Built on Salesforce’s Zero-Trust Architecture, Government Cloud Premium enforces stringent user authentication, access controls, and encryption to help safeguard and protect sensitive data.
• Build a complete view: By bringing together disparate data sources, Government Cloud Premium provides a comprehensive mission view that enhances information sharing and operational insights to create and maintain decision advantages.
• Innovate across environments: With Government Cloud Premium, agencies can bring innovation where the mission is. By leveraging leading commercial innovation and tools, mission owners can increase agility on whichever fabric the mission takes them — from unclassified to classified. For example, capabilities and innovations can be more easily ported from an unclassified network to a classified network when they are authorized.
• Stay ahead: With automatic updates, a government-specific data model, out-of-the-box capabilities tailor-made for government needs and processes, reusable components like common workflows and action plans, and new features released three times per year, Government Cloud Premium helps agencies establish and maintain operational agility. 

The Salesforce perspective: “The work of our national security and intelligence communities could not be more important, and we are deeply committed to ensuring they 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.” – Bill Pessin, Senior Vice President, Salesforce National Security

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.

Bill Pessin, Senior Vice President, Salesforce National Security

Learn more: 

• Learn more about Government Cloud Premium by downloading our data sheet
• Learn more about Salesforce for Defense and Intelligence
• Learn more about Salesforce Government Cloud