DOD Cloud Security Act

Summary: DOD Cloud Security Act - Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) review and summarize the best practices relating to cloud security by reviewing the practices of other federal agencies and commercial cloud providers, (2) assess the cloud capacity of the Department of Defense (DOD) and other departments by assessing how and to what extent DOD has adopted commercial cloud practices, and (3) assess the opportunities for DOD to utilize cloud computing in lieu of or in addition to conventional computing. Requires the Chief Information Officer of DOD to: (1) determine the security requirements that are necessary for any cloud service to store DOD information; (2) conduct a threat-based assessment of whether security controls resident in commercial cloud services and the cloud services of other federal agencies meet DOD's security requirements; (3) require any government-owned, operated, or unique system that is or will be designed to provide cloud capabilities for DOD to be certified and accredited through the same process used for commercial service providers; (4) ensure that, as part of any DOD pilot demonstrations with commercial cloud vendors, an analysis is conducted of the Defense Information Systems Agency working with commercial service providers operating for DOD; and (5) ensure that a briefing is provided to specified congressional committees within 30 days after the conclusion of such pilot demonstrations.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``DOD Cloud Security Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CLOUD SECURITY 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Comptroller General Responsibilities.--The Comptroller General 
of the United States shall--
            (1) review and summarize the best practices relating to 
        cloud security by reviewing the practices of other Federal 
        departments and agencies and commercial cloud providers;
            (2) assess the cloud capacity of the Department of Defense 
        and such other departments and agencies by assessing how and to 
        what extent the Department has adopted commercial cloud; and
            (3) assess the opportunities for the Department to utilize 
        cloud computing in lieu of or in addition to conventional 
        computing.
    (b) Chief Information Officer Responsibilities.--The Chief 
Information Officer of the Department of Defense shall--
            (1) determine the security requirements that are necessary 
        for any cloud service to store Department of Defense 
        information, including--
                    (A) by individually detailing security requirements 
                for each Department of Defense impact level and 
                security classification level; and
                    (B) by providing a justification to the Committees 
                on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
                Representatives for any discrepancy between security 
                requirements for different provider types;
            (2) conduct a threat-based assessment of whether security 
        controls resident in commercial cloud services and the cloud 
        services of other Federal departments and agencies meet the 
        security requirements determined under paragraph (2), 
        including--
                    (A) by determining what services can and cannot be 
                provided by commercial cloud vendors, based on such 
                security requirements;
                    (B) by providing justification for why such 
                determinations were made by citing, as appropriate, 
                industry responses to requests for information and 
                capability statement that confirm the conclusions of 
                the Department of Defense; and
                    (C) by requesting that commercial vendors submit 
                their plans for how they can adapt their systems to the 
                unique and dynamic cyber defense requirements of the 
                Department of Defense;
            (3) require any government-owned, operated, or unique 
        system that is or will be designed to provide cloud 
        capabilities for the Department of Defense to be certified and 
        accredited through the same process, and to the same standards, 
        that is used to certify and accredit commercial service 
        providers; and
            (4) ensure that, as part of any Department of Defense pilot 
        demonstrations with commercial cloud vendors--
                    (A) an analysis is conducted of--
                            (i) requiring the Defense Information 
                        Systems Agency to work with commercial service 
                        providers to extend the Department of Defense 
                        Information Network to commercial service 
                        providers that are issued provisional authority 
                        to operate for Department of Defense impact 
                        levels 1 and 2 in order to leverage the 
                        commercial service providers for secure 
                        connections to the Department of Defense 
                        Information Network;
                            (ii) the benefits and challenges relating 
                        to how the secure connections would be enabled 
                        and delivered as a service by the DISA cloud 
                        broker to the commercial service providers who 
                        have achieved provisional authority to operate 
                        for Department of Defense impact levels 1 and 
                        2;
                            (iii) requiring the Defense Information 
                        Systems Agency to address the ability of 
                        commercial service providers to provide service 
                        for Department of Defense impact levels 3 
                        through 5 using logical separation;
                            (iv) the ability of commercial service 
                        providers to provide innovative solutions to 
                        the separation of customer data and supporting 
                        resources that do not rely on physical 
                        separation;
                            (v) the benefits and challenges regarding 
                        the consideration of such solutions for 
                        equivalence to physical separation; and
                            (vi) the benefits and challenges of hybrid 
                        solutions for providing cloud services; and
                    (B) the Chief Information Officer provides to the 
                Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
                Representatives a briefing on the matters referred to 
                in subparagraph (A) by not later than 30 days after the 
                conclusion of such pilot demonstration.