FedRAMP is a government-wide program that promotes the adoption of secure cloud services across the federal government by providing a standardized approach to security and risk assessment for cloud technologies and federal agencies. Commercial cloud service providers wanting to sell their services to US Federal Agencies, their contractors or suppliers that are part of the defense industrial base (through reciprocity) must obtain FedRAMP accreditation.
The experts at stackArmor have developed a comprehensive guide for helping organizations prepare for their FedRAMP accreditation and assessment journey. This FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) Whitepaper provides an actionable resource for busy executives and project managers to understand and plan for a FedRAMP Authority To Operate (ATO).
The Table of Contents of the Whitepaper include:
Preparing for FedRAMP …………………………………………………………………………………………..
A Brief History …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Finding a Sponsor: Two Paths to ATO…………………………………………………………………………
Understanding FedRAMP Control Baselines (Based on NIST) ………………………………………
Getting Listed in the Marketplace – 3 Authorization Statuses ………………………………………..
Hosting Considerations – Cloud IaaS Options ……………………………………………………………..
Building Partnerships: Consulting and Assessment 3PAOs …………………………………………..
Planning for FedRAMP …………………………………………………………………………………………….
FedRAMP Costs ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
FedRAMP Project Timelines …………………………………………………………………………………….
Technical, Operational, and Management Preparations ……………………………………………..
Technical Preparations ……………………………………………………………………………………………
Operational Preparations ………………………………………………………………………………………..
Management Preparations ………………………………………………………………………………………
Continuous Monitoring Preparations ……………………………………………………………………….
About stackArmor …………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Free ATO Ready Assessment …………………………………………………………………………………..
The Whitepaper covers a comprehensive set of topics including understanding the various FedRAMP certification and authorization pathways as well as how to find sponsors and estimating overall project costs. The preparing for FedRAMP Whitepaper provides a number of actionable work products such as checklists. These checklists allow decision makers and stakeholders take concrete steps to begin their successful journey to provide their solutions to a $19B government cloud market that is recession proof.
We hope you find the Preparing for FedRAMP Whitepaper a helpful resource to conduct your research. Please feel free to contact us to schedule a free consultation to help answer any of your FedRAMP certification related questions.
