DoW IL4/IL5

Project Hosts solves the complex compliance challenges faced by DoW agencies and software vendors seeking to operate at IL4 and IL5. Our solutions are designed to meet you where you are, providing the necessary tools and support to navigate the DoW certification journey efficiently.
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Your DoW Onboarding Challenge

Meeting DISA’s rigorous security requirements is essential for DoW mission partners, but the Authorization and Assessment (A&A) process can be complex, costly and time-consuming.

Project Hosts simplifies this journey. By onboarding your Cloud IT Projects (C-ITPs) to our IL5-authorized Federal Private Cloud DoW Environment, you inherit the majority of the required security controls which. This significantly reduces your compliance burden and accelerates deployment — making cloud adoption faster, easier and fully aligned with DoW standards.

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Simplify the DoW Process

Achieving DoW certification demands substantial time, resources and expertise. Project Hosts reduces this burden, offering solutions that accelerate certification and minimize costs.

By leveraging our knowledge and proven methodologies, you can navigate the complexities of DoW compliance and focus on core business priorities.

Early Start

Our Early Start program provides a cost-effective and flexible entry point into the DoW compliance journey. It enables ISVs to begin the certification process and establish a foothold while building momentum and finalizing their business case.

GSSOne DoW Cloud

The GSSOne is our secure PaaS and SaaS with DISA Provisional Authorizations (PA) at IL4 and IL5. Designed for rapid application deployment, the system helps ISVs and DoW agencies offload many of the required security controls to us — streamlining their path to compliance.

Accelerate deployment and ATO
Get your application up and running on Azure in 3-4 months with all necessary documentation.

Reduce your compliance burden and inherit 75% of DoW controls from our pre-certified PaaS.

Zero in on what you do best — growing your business — while we handle your risk management and implement all the necessary control requirements.

Connect quickly to DoW networks via our platform’s existing BCAP connection.

Use our Cloud eMASS instance to inherit controls from and speed up the process.

DoW IL5 SaaS Certification

Project Hosts has developed a turnkey process for software vendors to achieve DoW IL5 certification in 6-8 months. Functioning as your outsourced cloud management and compliance department, we:

This approach is far less expensive than do-it-yourself alternatives. Why? Because it’s driven by our GSSOne and our highly experienced and responsive team, who are experts in the DISA process.

Why Project Hosts?

We're your Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP)

We handle all compliance coordination with your authorizing official and the DoW, so your team can focus on building and maintaining a secure, high-quality application.

We manage the BCAP process

Securing a BCAP (Boundary Cloud Access Point) connection is tough, but Project Hosts DoW GSSOne streamlines the process with a pre-approved setup, enabling faster traffic flow without architecture changes or DISA approval.

We include built-in VDSS/VDMS

Project Hosts is the only cloud service provider with an IL5 PA that offers VDSS and VDMS.

We have a proven track record

Multiple DoW agencies are using the GSSOne to their advantage.

We are experienced

Project Hosts routinely advances through the certification processes, ensuring we’re intimately familiar with requirements and can leverage our experience to deliver a smooth path forward.

We cover IL5

Most CSPs cover less than 15% of IL5 controls, but our PaaS manages over 75%.

The Proof is in Our Partners

Take the Next Step Toward DoW Certification

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