New security status enables Snowflake Data Cloud to assist all Australian Government departments and agencies to easily unify , integrate , analyse and share their data .

nowflake has completed an

Information Security Registered

Assessors Program ( IRAP ) assessment confirming that Snowflake ’ s Data Cloud has achieved the Australian Government security status of ‘ protected ’ on selected deployments .

The Snowflake Data Cloud was assessed by a certified , third party IRAP assessor and found to be aligned with IRAP ’ s Protected level control requirements , enabling Australian Government agencies to deploy a huge range of workloads on the Snowflake

Data Cloud . The IRAP assessment ensures cloud services are secured with automated and comprehensive security controls for authorised use by the Australian Government .

Snowflake was assessed against controls identified in the Australian Signals Directorate ( ASD ) Australian Government Information Security Manual ( ISM ), a necessary requirement before departments can adopt any platforms and tools provided by external vendors . Australian Government agencies can now procure Snowflake ’ s Data Cloud to leverage scalability , elasticity and data sharing for near-instant , secure and governed access to their entire network of data .

“ Meeting IRAP compliance at the ‘ protected ’ level signifies Snowflake ’ s commitment to putting the customer first and our continuing dedication to investing in improving our security posture ,” said Siddique Chaudhry , Manager – Government Product Security , Snowflake .

Thousands of organisations mobilise their data with Snowflake ’ s Data Cloud to unite siloed data , discover and securely share data and execute diverse analytic workloads . u

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