Executive Brief
FNN Expert Edition: FedRAMP
When the Office of Management and Budget first conceived the Federal Risk Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) back in 2010 and launched it in 2011, the concept was supposed to make it easier for agencies to move to secure cloud instances. Unfortunately for agencies and vendors alike turning that proposal into reality has been more difficult than imagined. At the same time, the FedRAMP program management office saw and heard—sometimes quite loudly—the calls to simplify its processes without losing any security rigor.
That's why FedRAMP issued a white paper in February asking for feedback on the threat-scoring methodology with the goal of ensuring that consistency and rigor while continually reducing the burden of FedRAMP. Brian Conrad, the acting director of FedRAMP, said the latest set of initiatives strive to continually improve the governmentwide program. Download this report to hear from leaders at FedRAMP, CISA, NIST, GSA, DoD and DHS on how changes such as automation and simplification are likely to impact the cloud security program.
This eBook features insights and use cases from 9 FedRAMP experts across the Federal government and industry and was created in partnership with Federal News Network and Carahsoft's technology partners.