As the operator of the industry's largest cloud networking service, Cisco Meraki places advanced security as a top focus of our platform. In keeping with our commitment to securely serve our customers, we're delighted to announce that we have begun the formal process to become authorized with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP^?). This is an important step in bringing our cloud-based platform, including the flagship Meraki networking products MX (security and SD-WAN), MS (switching), and MR (access points) to the U.S. Government. 

National security is a priority

FedRAMP is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. This program is designed to improve security and reduce risk for government agencies that use cloud services, and it is a critical requirement for many federal agencies and contractors. 

How we think about security

We design our products with security in mind at every layer, from our infrastructure to our cloud management dashboard and applications. Some of the factors that contribute to our security posture include: 

• Secure and effective monitoring and configuration of data storage in a multi-tenant environment using encryption and data segmentation, the highly available and secureout-of-band control planethat ensures no user traffic passes through Meraki data centers 
• Rigorous physical security at our data centers located on U.S. soil, including high-security access control with biometric readers, video surveillance, and 24