Oregon Joins CJIS-Compliant Amazon Web Services Cloud

Government Technology: On Sept. 8, the state of Oregon signed a Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), making it the fourth state, next to California, Minnesota and Colorado, to give its police access to AWS Cloud.

“The Oregon State Police is pleased to announce … [an] agreement that meets every requirement of the FBI’s CJIS Security Policy," Major Tom M. Worthy, CSO of the Oregon State Police, said in an AWS blog. "This agreement gives Oregon agencies additional hosting options that enhance security, while meeting their business requirements pertaining to criminal justice information."

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