Planetary Computer, is it FedRamp compliant?

Question

Title says it all. Is the planetary computer service fedramp approved? As it seems to be hosted in western europe, perhaps no?

Answer 1

Hello @Arthur Desch (CENSUS/GEO FED),

Welcome to the MS Q&A platform.

Per the published FedRAMP services roadmap, FedRAMP High authorization for Azure data factory and blob storage is available on the Azure public services by audit scope and the Azure government services by audit scope.

For your question, as per the below document, All US Azure regions are now approved for FedRAMP High impact level, but I don't see any details mentioned for Western Europe.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/all-us-azure-regions-now-approved-for-fedramp-high-impact-level/

From these two documents, I understand that FedRamp high authorization only applies to US regions.

I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Azure public services by audit scope:

FedRAMP High = FedRAMP High Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) in Azure

• DoD IL2 = DoD SRG Impact Level 2 Provisional Authorization (PA) in Azure
• ✅ = service is included in audit scope and has been authorized On Azure Government services by audit scope
  • Azure Government = Azure Government regions US Gov Arizona, US Gov Texas, and US Gov Virginia
  • FedRAMP High = FedRAMP High Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) in Azure Government
  • DoD IL2 = DoD SRG Impact Level 2 Provisional Authorization (PA) in Azure Government
  • DoD IL4 = DoD SRG Impact Level 4 Provisional Authorization (PA) in Azure Government
  • DoD IL5 = DoD SRG Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization (PA) in Azure Government
  • DoD IL6 = DoD SRG Impact Level 6 Provisional Authorization (PA) in Azure Government Secret
  • ✅ = service is included in audit scope and has been authorized