Two documents were released by the United States government in February with an impact on the access control market. The first document, the Federal Cloud Computing Strategy, was released February 8 by Vivek Kundra, U.S. chief information officer. It stated one simple fact: the federal government is heading to the cloud — and it is heading there as quickly as an organization the size of the federal government can get there.
In the strategy Kundra states, “To harness the benefits of cloud computing, we have instituted a Cloud First policy. This policy is intended to accelerate the pace at which the government will realize the value of cloud computing by requiring agencies to evaluate safe, secure cloud computing options before making any new investments.”