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stackArmor Announces Participation in Department of Commerce Consortium Dedicated to AI Safety

**stackArmor will be part of the leading AI stakeholders to help advance the development and deployment of safe, trustworthy AI under new U.S. Government safety institute** MCLEAN, Va.–February 8, 2024–Today, stackArmor announced that it has been selected by the Department of Commerce to join the nation’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) stakeholders to participate in a Department of Commerce initiative to support the development and deployment of trustworthy and safe AI. Established by the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) will bring together AI creators and users, academics, government and industry researchers, and civil society organizations to meet this mission. “Understanding that adopting AI in a safe and secure manner is a challenge for public sector agencies due to evolving guidance, standards for risk, and a shortage of resources, it’s of the utmost importance to offer proven solutions to the

stackArmor’s ThreatAlert ATO® Accelerator Supports NIH AIM-AHEAD Program

Solution enables underrepresented communities greater access to AI/ML research capabilities MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–stackArmor, a leading provider of cloud, security and compliance acceleration solutions for meeting FedRAMP, FISMA and CMMC 2.0, today announced it has been supporting Dr. Paul Avillach, one of the Multiple Principal Investigators of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD) program. The AIM-AHEAD program mission is to enhance the participation of underrepresented communities in the development of AI/ML models. The program improves the capabilities of this emerging technology, beginning with electronic health records (EHR) and extending to other diverse data to address health disparities and inequities. A lack of diversity of data and researchers in the AI/ML field runs the risk of creating and perpetuating harmful biases in its practice, algorithms and outcomes. “We have been privileged to support Dr. Avillach’s vision to reduce the cost

stackArmor, Carahsoft partner with University of Utah School of Medicine to Accelerate FISMA ATO for NEMSIS

TYSONS CORNER, Va., Dec. 15, 2023 — stackArmor, Inc., a leading provider of FedRAMP, FISMA, CMMC 2.0, NIST AI RMF and StateRAMP compliance acceleration solutions and Carahsoft Technology Corp., the Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider® today announced that it has assisted University of Utah School of Medicine, with successfully obtaining a FISMA Moderate ATO for the National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS). NEMSIS is a collaborative system hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to improve prehospital patient care through the standardization, aggregation, and utilization of point of care EMS data at a local, state, and national level. NEMSIS is a program of US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of EMS and hosted by the University of Utah’s Data Coordinating Center, housed within the School of Medicine. “FISMA is one of the most important regulations regarding Federal data security standards and guidelines. An ATO (Authority To Operate) forms the

stackArmor Launches ATO for AI™ Governance Model To Help Public Sector Organizations Safely and Securely Accelerate AI Adoption

Solution receives industry backing with newly established AI Risk Management Center of Excellence (CoE) MCLEAN, Va., September 27, 2023 – stackArmor, the leader in security and compliance acceleration for government organizations, today announced its Approval To Operate (ATO) for AI™ accelerator, that helps public sector and government organizations rapidly implement security and governance controls to manage risks associated with Generative AI and General AI Systems. ATO for AI™ builds on the decades of experience in managing digital and information systems risk using open NIST standards like NIST RMF, NIST SP 800-53 and NIST SP 800-171 and integrates them with emerging frameworks like NIST AI RMF specifically tailored to manage AI risk. As organizations across the globe reap the benefits of AI for automated decision-making and data analysis, the Biden administration recently issued a fact sheet announcing commitments from eight AI companies to manage the risks posed by AI. The document notes the