Getting started with DoD IL6 "Secret" Cloud Collaboration

Moraph helps defense organizations bring Microsoft 365 email and Teams into use in Microsoft's US government Secret cloud, and then administers the environment as a managed service. Administration is carried out by Moraph staff who are US citizens holding active clearances, working only under the access, facilities and procedures your organization authorizes. Authorization decisions, classification decisions and the platform itself stay with your authorizing official, your users and Microsoft respectively.

What it is for

Commercial collaboration tools are available at the Secret level, but standing them up and running them is a different job from running them on unclassified networks. Configuration has to follow the security requirements of a classified environment, every change has to go through your authorization process, and the people who administer the tenant must hold the right clearances and qualifications. Many organizations have the requirement and the licences but not enough cleared, qualified administrators to run the environment day to day.

• Cleared administrators with Microsoft 365 experience are hard to recruit and retain
• Configuration must be documented and kept in line with the approved baseline
• Every change needs to pass through the organization's change and authorization process
• Monitoring, access reviews and incident support must happen within classified procedures

Who uses it

• DoD components and commands adopting Microsoft 365 at the Secret level
• Command IT leads and program offices who own the collaboration service
• Information system security managers and officers responsible for the environment
• Authorizing officials' staff who need evidence of how the environment is run
• Defense agencies supplementing their own cleared administration teams

Before you start

• Your organization uses DoD IL6 "Secret" Cloud Collaboration as a managed platform from Moraph, under an agreement that covers it.
• Licences for M365, bought through Moraph or under your own agreement with the vendor.
• A Moraph account in your organization for each person who works with Moraph on the service.
• Named technical and security contacts, recorded in the Moraph Portal.

Steps to get started

1. Agree the scope of the managed service for DoD IL6 "Secret" Cloud Collaboration with Moraph, including which environments and teams it covers.

2. Name your administrators, technical contact and security contact in the Moraph Portal under People and access.

3. Review the configuration baseline Moraph proposes for your regulations, and record any changes you need.

4. Confirm how users will sign in, through your identity provider where the platform supports it.

5. Agree the pilot group and the cut-over plan with your Moraph delivery lead.

Where to go next

• Onboard DoD IL6 "Secret" Cloud Collaboration
• Everyday tasks
• Connect your systems
• Security, data and compliance
• Troubleshooting and the support guide
• Product overview on moraph.com