{"id":7364,"date":"2018-01-15T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7364"},"modified":"2018-01-12T09:49:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T09:49:21","slug":"uk-government-protective-marking-microsoft-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/01\/uk-government-protective-marking-microsoft-cloud.htm","title":{"rendered":"UK Government Protective Marking and the Microsoft Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently heard a Consultant from another Microsoft partner talking about storing &#8220;IL3&#8221; information in Azure. That rang alarm bells with me, because Impact Levels (ILs) haven&#8217;t been a &#8220;thing&#8221; for UK Government data since April 2014. For the record, here&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/government-security-classifications\">official guidance on the UK Government data security classifications<\/a>\u00a0and this video explains why the system was changed:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_s9AuJdei64?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, this one is a good example of what it means in practice:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oiTNbwc0ZcI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>So, what does that mean for storing data in Azure, Dynamics 365 and Office 365?\u00a0Basically, information classified OFFICIAL <em>can<\/em> be stored in the Microsoft Cloud &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/trustcenter\/compliance\/uk-g-cloud\">for more information, refer to the Microsoft Trust Center<\/a>. 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