Priti Patel pressed to explain award of spy agencies contract to Amazon
by Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#5R54F)
US firm Amazon Web Services to host classified material for GCHQ, MI5 and MI6, raising sovereignty concerns
Priti Patel is under pressure to disclose whether the UK's most sensitive national security secrets could be at risk after the disclosure that its spy agencies signed a cloud contract with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Labour is demanding that the home secretary explain why GCHQ, MI5 and MI6 will use a high-security system provided by the US-based firm, and whether any risk assessment was undertaken before the deal was signed.
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