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Government & Defense · Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program

The US government's standardized approach to security assessment and authorization for cloud services, based on NIST SP 800-53 baselines.

Issued by

GSA / FedRAMP PMO

Typical timeline

6-18 months

Assessed by

Accredited 3PAO

Validity

Continuous monitoring

Overview

  • 01Cloud service providers selling to US federal agencies
  • 02SaaS companies pursuing public-sector revenue
  • 03Vendors to agencies with an authorizing sponsor

Requirements

  1. 01Impact baselineLow, Moderate or High control baselines drawn from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5.
  2. 02System Security PlanA detailed SSP with boundary, data flows and control implementation statements.
  3. 033PAO assessmentIndependent testing by an accredited Third Party Assessment Organization.
  4. 04Continuous monitoringOngoing vulnerability scanning, POA&M management and reporting.

Our approach

Week 1

01

Scope

We learn your product, your buyers and your deadlines, then fix the exact frameworks, boundaries and systems in scope.

Weeks 2-3

02

Assess

Control-by-control gap assessment against every target framework at once, with a single prioritized findings register.

Weeks 3-10

03

Remediate

Policies written, controls implemented, evidence automated. We work inside your tools, Jira, GitHub, AWS, Google Workspace.

Weeks 10-14

04

Audit

Mock audit, auditor selection and fieldwork coordination. Your independent auditor issues the report; we sit beside you until they do.

Year-round

05

Sustain

Continuous monitoring, quarterly testing and a renewal calendar that never surprises you.

Customer story

FAQ

The traditional path runs through an agency authorization. FedRAMP is modernizing its processes, so we'll map the current authorization routes to your go-to-market plan during scoping.

Typical timeline: 6-18 months, depending on scope, maturity and team availability. We'll give you a firm plan after a two-week scoping and gap assessment.

Yes, that's our specialty. FedRAMP shares substantial control overlap with NIST 800-53 and StateRAMP / GovRAMP, so we build one control set and map evidence across all of them.

Next framework

StateRAMP / GovRAMP

Government & DefenseGovRAMP (formerly StateRAMP)

End of the thread

A 30-minute call with a senior practitioner. You leave with a plan either way.

We handle audit readiness and auditor coordination. Your SOC reports and ISO certificates are always issued by independent, accredited auditors.

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