MeitY Empanelment
Definition
The Indian Ministry of Electronics and IT framework that certifies cloud service providers fit for government workloads. AWS, Azure, GCP and OCI all have India-region empanelment as of 2024.
- Issuing body
- Ministry of Electronics and IT, India
- Certifies
- Cloud providers fit for government workloads
- Empanelled providers (2024)
- AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, India regions
Common questions
Why does MeitY empanelment status matter when investigating cloud-hosted evidence?+
An empanelled provider's India-region data centres are subject to specific government security and data-residency requirements, so an investigator relying on a provider's data-location claims should confirm empanelment status rather than assuming standard commercial terms apply.
Does MeitY empanelment mean a cloud provider stores all Indian government data exclusively in India?+
Empanelment certifies that a provider meets government security standards for use by Indian government departments, but data residency depends on which specific region and service configuration the department chooses within that provider's offerings.
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