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MongoDB Atlas can now be used by Australian government agencies to securely build modern applications in the cloud , quickly and at scale .

Carried out by security firm CyberCX , the IRAP assessment evaluated MongoDB Atlas ’ s platform for data workloads up to ‘ PROTECTED ’ level across all three major cloud providers – AWS , Microsoft Azure , and Google Cloud Platform .

Australian government agencies are under growing pressure to accelerate Digital Transformation efforts and increase time to market for new digital government services to improve citizen experiences , while ensuring data is safe and secure .

Many Australian government agencies currently use MongoDB on premises but want to take advantage of a fully managed experience in the cloud . With the completion of the IRAP assessment , government agencies in Australia will now be able to use MongoDB Atlas ’ s multi-cloud infrastructure and take advantage of embedded encryption capabilities , text-based and generative-AI based search , and stream processing for high-volume and high velocity data of virtually any type to quickly build modern applications for desktop and mobile with less complexity . searchable encryption scheme developed by the pioneers in encrypted search . The new feature means organisations can search and return encrypted data that becomes visible to application end-users only when decrypted with customer-controlled cryptographic keys – but remains encrypted in-use throughout the query process , in-transit over networks and at-rest in storage .

“ Government agencies are expected to offer citizens flawless and secure digital services , as well as easier ways to engage with government entities ,” said Simon Eid , Senior Vice President , APAC at MongoDB .

“ Internally , teams are pressured to make data-Driven decisions that are accurate and timely , while improving efficiency without jeopardizing security . Legacy database models have become a real hindrance and government agencies are looking at new ways to build and deliver the government services of tomorrow . Now , with the completion of the IRAP assessment , government agencies in Australia can empower their development teams to build new classes of applications that reimagine citizen experiences using MongoDB Atlas . We think this will actively contribute to Australia ’ s reaching its goal of being the most cyber-secure nation in the world by 2030 .”

Lee Hickin , ANZ Chief Technology Officer , Microsoft , said : " We are pleased to see MongoDB Atlas successfully complete the IRAP assessment .

This will take the partnership between Microsoft and MongoDB to a new level , creating more opportunities for our joint customers and provide government customers with a robust and reliable platform to accelerate Digital Transformation efforts , enhance citizen experiences and ensure data safety and security ." p

Finally , embedded security features built-in within MongoDB Atlas provide government agencies with utmost data protection and data privacy levels . In particular , Queryable Encryption introduces an industry-first fast ,

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