FedRAMP Consulting

We assess your business goals and compliance readiness to develop a tailored roadmap for achieving FedRAMP authorization. You’ll walk away with a clear, strategic foundation for FedRAMP success, eliminating guesswork and aligning compliance with your business objectives.

We evaluate your cloud environment, security controls, and business processes to identify gaps against FedRAMP compliance requirements. You’ll receive an actionable readiness report to help prioritize and streamline your path to compliance.

You receive hands-on, expert support to build and remediate your security architecture and controls based on findings from the gap analysis phase. This reduces the time required to achieve compliance and allows you to efficiently implement technical solutions to meet FedRAMP standards.

We assist with developing essential FedRAMP documentation, including System Security Plans (SSPs), Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&Ms), and related deliverables. This ensures high-quality, compliant documentation that meets the stringent requirements of the FedRAMP PMO and 3PAOs.

We provide ongoing monitoring, assessments, and reporting to ensure compliance and maintain authorization. This helps you remain audit-ready, reducing risk and sustaining your eligibility for federal contracts.

To achieve FedRAMP authorization, organizations must complete a comprehensive readiness and build process. This typically begins with a readiness assessment report (RAR), though it is not required, then implementing a security program and preparing key documentation like a System Security Plan (SSP). This process involves meeting stringent government standards via NIST 800-53 and undergoing a detailed security assessment conducted by a Third Party Assessment Organization (3PAO).

Maintaining FedRAMP compliance requires continuous monitoring of cloud services to ensure they meet the security framework’s requirements. This includes robust risk management practices, such as regular risk assessments, remediation of identified vulnerabilities, and providing updates to the single agency or multi-agency sponsors as part of ongoing authorization.

NIST provides the foundational cybersecurity framework used across many industries, while FedRAMP applies this framework specifically to cloud services used by federal agencies. FedRAMP builds on NIST standards with highly tailored control designs for cloud computing environments, emphasizing the cloud-specific authorization process and ongoing compliance.

Cloud service providers working with federal agencies or aiming to list on the FedRAMP Marketplace need FedRAMP authorization. Additionally, companies offering cloud products that handle government data or support government contractors must comply with FedRAMP requirements to ensure robust data protection.

FedRAMP authorizations can be challenging due to its rigorous security requirements, lengthy timelines,  and the detailed assessment process. However, partnering with an experienced FedRAMP consultant can simplify the journey by identifying gaps early and providing a clear roadmap for achieving compliance.