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What’s Included in Government Cloud
Learn what’s available for agencies using Salesforce Government Cloud. Explore included services, compliance considerations, and data protection protocols. Transform your agency’s implementation of Government Cloud with a custom selection of products and features.
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Government Cloud uses Salesforce core functionality and lets users customize their experience. As you develop your solution, select the right products and features to accomplish your compliance requirements. When you’re designing your solution, it’s important to understand the differences of authorized and interoperable products in Government Cloud.
Note Due to differences in accreditations, you can choose to accept the risks of using products
that haven’t met the same accreditation standards.
Authorized Versus Interoperable Products
All Salesforce products and features are classified as authorized or interoperable.
- Authorized for Government Cloud
- Products that are included within the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High or Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level (IL) 5 authorization boundaries.
- Interoperable for Government Cloud
- Products have undergone functional testing within a Government Cloud instance to ensure all functionality works intended. Products don’t always meet FedRAMP or DoD security and authorization boundary requirements. The product hasn’t been evaluated and assessed in accordance with FedRAMP or DoD security and authorization boundary requirements. Customers can make a risk-based decision and take on any risk due to the product not being FedRAMP or DoD authorized.
- Interoperability can be blocked or adversely impacted by network access limitations for United States government customers on restricted access networks such as the Non-Classified Internet Protocol Routing Network (NIPRNet) or other restricted enclaves. You’re responsible for following safe software deployment and testing the functionality of interoperable products in a nonproduction environment.
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customers that though a product is included within the FedRAMP High, or DoD IL5
authorization boundaries, specific features may or may not be included within such
boundaries. Salesforce doesn’t guarantee that you achieve any specific results if you use
this document. It may be advisable for you to consult with a professional, such as an agency
authorization official, agency counsel, accountant, architect, business advisor or
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