Ensuring secure application and system deployments in a cloud environment for the Department of Defense (DOD) can be a difficult task. However, the Defense Information System Agency’s (DISA) provides guidance in the form of the Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA). The SCCA serves as a framework to ensure “Mission Owner” cloud deployments safely work with other DOD systems. This post will answer your questions about what SCCA is, what it is not, and the importance of developing within the SCCA model.

At its core, Splunk satisfies the offloading and centralized logging requirements dictated by the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (STIGs).

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Perhaps you want to add some new indexes but are too scared to try because you don’t want an angry mob showing up at your desk the minute it’s implemented in production?