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As the U.S. government continues its adoption of cloud technologies, Lexis+® for Government has become the first and only legal research solution to achieve FedRAMP® Ready status, a critical step in ensuring cloud-based legal tools for federal agencies.
“The FedRAMP® commitment is to make it safe and easy for the U.S. government to take full advantage of cloud services to help agencies deliver on their missions,” said the U.S. General Services Administration, in a press release announcing the creation of a board to serve as the official governing body for FedRAMP®.
This development is more than a technical milestone - it reflects the growing emphasis on cloud-based standardization across all areas of government operations, especially legal departments. In-house legal departments at government agencies received some good news this year: Lexis+® for Government has now received the green light to become one of these trusted cloud service offerings, becoming the only legal research solution to achieve “FedRAMP® Ready” status.
FedRAMP® Ready status means a cloud service has passed an initial review by an accredited third-party assessment organization, indicating it meets the government’s baseline standards.
When government agencies use legal solutions, FedRAMP® is important for several reasons.
First, government legal departments handle sensitive information including confidential case details, personally identifiable information and potentially classified materials. FedRAMP® establishes standardized controls to protect this data from unauthorized access or breaches.
Second, FedRAMP® helps mitigate legal and operational risks that could result from vulnerabilities. This is particularly important for legal departments that must protect sensitive government information.
Third, FedRAMP® ensures that all cloud-based services meet the same baseline requirements, which simplifies the procurement and security assessment process for government legal teams.
In addition to these day-to-day operational reasons for in-house legal teams to pay attention to FedRAMP® offerings, there is a more general consideration: Vendors who pursue FedRAMP® Authorization have demonstrated a commitment to understanding government-specific needs.
Lexis+ for Government is now the single FedRAMP® Ready legal research solution that enables legal professionals across government agencies to upload, organize and collaborate. This major milestone illustrates the LexisNexis commitment to provide compliant and efficient legal research services to customers in the government sector.
FedRAMP® standardizes requirements for the authorization and ongoing cybersecurity of cloud services in accordance with a robust legal framework:
These compliance mandates leverage the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards and guidelines to provide standardized security requirements for cloud services, as well as other standardized approaches to security assessment and authorization for cloud computing products that process unclassified information used by federal agencies.
By meeting the stringent requirements of FedRAMP®, LexisNexis has proven that its Lexis+ for Government offering meets the highest standards in ensuring the protection of government data. Lexis+ for Government is the only FedRAMP® platform to streamline a government agency’s legal research workflow.
LexisNexis provides a wide range of legal research tools and services for federal government agencies. These resources offer a wealth of legal solutions that are well-suited to the needs of legal professionals working in the highest levels of government, including:
In this initial phase of certification, focused on FedRAMP® requirements with its Brief Analysis and Folders solutions for federal agencies. These tools allow federal agencies to utilize the Lexis+ superior research, data-driven insights, practical guidance and breaking legal news.
Lexis+ for Government is now listed in the FedRAMP® Marketplace. The FedRAMP® Marketplace provides a searchable and sortable database of cloud service offerings that have achieved a FedRAMP® designation, a list of federal agencies using FedRAMP® recognized cloud service offerings, and FedRAMP® recognized auditors that can perform a FedRAMP® assessment.
For more information visit: www.lexisnexis.com/lexisplusgov
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