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Core service · Government & Defense · GovRAMP (formerly StateRAMP)

A security verification program for cloud providers serving US state and local governments, built on NIST SP 800-53 and aligned with FedRAMP.
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Issued by

GovRAMP

Typical timeline

4-9 months

Assessed by

Accredited 3PAO

Validity

Continuous monitoring

Overview

  • 01Cloud providers selling to states, counties and cities
  • 02EdTech and GovTech vendors
  • 03FedRAMP-bound companies starting at state level

Requirements

  1. 01Impact levelLow, Low+ or Moderate security categorization.
  2. 02Security packageSSP, policies and supporting documentation.
  3. 033PAO auditIndependent assessment for verified status.
  4. 04Continuous monitoringMonthly reporting to maintain status.

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.

FAQ

Typical timeline: 4-9 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. GovRAMP shares substantial control overlap with FedRAMP and FedRAMP 20x, so we build one control set and map evidence across all of them.

Next framework

CMMC

Government & DefenseUS Department of Defense

End of the thread

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

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