{"id":4418,"date":"2016-10-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/the-best-choice-for-itar-and-defense-industrial-base-customers"},"modified":"2025-06-23T07:08:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:08:28","slug":"the-best-choice-for-itar-and-defense-industrial-base-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/the-best-choice-for-itar-and-defense-industrial-base-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"The best choice for ITAR and Defense Industrial Base customers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here at Azure Government, we are committed to meeting the highest bars for security and compliance requirements, including those for ITAR and Defense Industrial Base customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft provides certain cloud services or service features that can support customers with ITAR obligations. While there is no compliance certification for the ITAR, Microsoft operates and has designed the in-scope Microsoft Azure Government services to be capable of supporting a customer\u2019s ITAR obligations and compliance program. For more information on ITAR, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/TrustCenter\/Compliance\/itar\">ITAR site<\/a> on the Microsoft Trust Center. To learn more about the services we added to the ITAR product catalog, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/2016\/09\/14\/microsoft-azure-government-itar-compliant\/\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azure Government also enables Defense Industrial Base companies to build systems with assurance that they will inherit controls and processes, meeting&nbsp; NIST 800-171 and other DFARS requirements. We also provide a single platform that meets the most stringent controls associated with the current mix of applicable standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to learn more about how Microsoft helps DIB contractors and is compliant with the Department of Defense requirements, check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/2016\/09\/15\/how-microsoft-azure-government-enables-defense-industrial-base-companies-to-comply-with-new-dod-cyber-security-rules\/\">post<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For all things security, privacy, transparency and compliance related check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/trustcenter\/default.aspx\">Microsoft Trust Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To stay up to date on all things Azure Government, be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed and to receive emails by clicking \u201cSubscribe by Email!\u201d on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/\">Azure Government Blog<\/a>. 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