The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) provides a uniform approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous cloud product and service monitoring.
Organizations need proper authorization for their systems to sell cloud-based systems to the federal government which is what the FedRAMP compliance process provides. FedRAMP is among the most rigorous software-as-a-service certifications available anywhere. Before embarking on FedRAMP compliance, your organization’s Cloud Service Offerings (CSO) must be functional, and your leadership needs to be fully committed to working through the challenging FedRAMP compliance process.
The primary goals of FedRAMP are to assure:
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Reduces duplicative efforts, inconsistencies, and cost inefficiencies.
Establishes a public-private partnership to promote innovation and the advancement of more secure information technologies.
Enables acceleration of the adoption of cloud computing by creating transparent standards and processes.
FedRAMP contains 14 applicable laws and regulations, along with 19 standards and guidance documents. To be FedRAMP compliant, covered companies must implement security controls dictated by the governing Joint Authorization Board (JAB), document implementation in a System Security Plan (SSP), pass an independent assessment, and submit the documents for review to either a Federal Agency or the JAB. After authorization, covered entities must implement a continuous monitoring program to ensure their cloud systems maintain an acceptable risk posture.
On March 28, 2024, the FedRAMP Program released a roadmap outlining its strategic goals and near-term priorities. Within the categories defined below are updates that reflect FedRAMP’s commitment to improving federal cloud cybersecurity, reducing barriers for cloud service providers, and enhancing the overall customer experience.
Activate FedRAMP framework
Install scanner for compliance evidence gathering
Review baseline evidence to score compliance control status
Close compliance gaps
Ongoing compliance and gap surveillance
Enforced maintenance of compliance readiness
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