FedRAMP

Accomplish and Maintain Continuous FedRAMP Compliance with Carbide

Your Guide to FedRAMP Compliance

Your Guide to FedRAMP Compliance

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) provides you with privacy and security controls designed specifically to address the unique elements of cloud service providers (CSP) and cloud service offerings (CSO) and to protect federal information in those environments.

With the Carbide Platform and its embedded DRIVE (Design, Review, Implement, Validate, & Evolve) approach to FedRAMP compliance, you can leave your checklists and spreadsheets in the past and follow our step-by-step plan to implement FedRAMP information security and privacy controls.

Leverage FedRAMP security controls to speed up cloud compliance

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Design & Review
Design & Review

Create a security & privacy program to meet FedRAMP's cloud controls

Get started with gap analysis tools and auto-generated custom policies so you can chart a course toward FedRAMP compliance quickly and efficiently with the Carbide Platform and a dedicated team of security experts as your co-pilot.

Design & Review
Design & Review
Implement
Implement

Entrench security and privacy-by-design principles into your program

Easily map FedRAMP’s cloud controls to your security program with your customized Implementation Project Plan in the Carbide Platform and let it manage the monotonous work of tracking policy signoffs, assigning tasks to team members, and evidence collection.

Implement
Implement
Validate
Validate

Easily prove your compliance with FedRAMP

Leverage Carbide’s robust library of integrations designed to automatically pull the evidence you need to prove you are upholding the FedRAMP’s requirements, for cloud service providers (CSP) and cloud service offerings (CSO), applicable to your impact level.

Validate
Validate
Evolve
Evolve

Operationalize your security program for the future

Rely on the Carbide Platform and our team of security experts to help you achieve your Joint Authorization Board (JAB) Provisional ATO (P-ATO) or Agency ATO and support a continuous monitoring program so your business gets compliant with FedRAMP and stays that way.

 

 

Evolve
Evolve

Carbide provides all the tools and services you need for FedRAMP compliance

  • FedRAMP Plan

    FedRAMP Plan

    Step-by-step implementation plan outlines every FedRAMP control and requirement

  • Customized Policies

    Customized Policies

    Our automated policy builder ensures your policies meet FedRAMP requirements

  • Cloud Monitoring

    Cloud Monitoring

    Easily collect data with automated security monitoring, security assessments, and remediation tools to make actionable insights on your cloud environment

  • Policy Management

    Policy Management

    Reduce admin time with automated employee reminders and tracking

  • Security Awareness Training

    Security Awareness Training

    In-platform Carbide Academy videos on security and privacy best practices with a template library for common requirements

  • Evidence Collection

    Evidence Collection

    100+ technical integrations connecting to your tech stack to automatically capture your compliance with FedRAMP

  • Audit Support

    Audit Support

    Save time by giving auditors a read-only view of your FedRAMP reporting dashboard

  • Robust Ecosystem

    Robust Ecosystem

    Carbide’s security and privacy services and network of audit partners help you meet requirements faster

  • Multi-Compliance by Design

    Multi-Compliance by Design

    Comply with multiple frameworks & regulations with our unified platform

Frequently Asked Questions

What is FedRAMP?

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) was created to provide standardized security requirements, a conformity assessment program, authorization packages of cloud services, and standard contract language for cloud service providers (CSP) and cloud service offerings (CSO) that wish to provide products and services to US federal agencies.

FedRAMP is based on the NIST 800-53 controls, with additional guidance surpassing the NIST baseline, and specifically addresses the unique aspects of cloud services.

Who enforces FedRAMP?

FedRAMP is governed by 4 different US government executive branch entities, the Joint Authorization Board (JAB), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Chief Information Officer (CIO) Council, and the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) who develop, manage, and operate it. The JAB is the main governing body for FedRAMP and includes the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and General Services Administration (GSA). The JAB can also revoke a CSP’s Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO), which would prevent them from working with federal agencies.

What is the FedRAMP authorization process?

Becoming FedRAMP authorized opens you to new opportunities working in the federal government’s cloud services ecosystem. There are two pathways to achieving FedRAMP authorization. The first is path is a JAB Provisional Authorization and the second is through an Agency Authorization. The JAB selects 12 cloud service offerings (CSO) a year to work with for a JAB Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO).

Both paths involve 3 phases: Preparation, Authorization, and Continuous Monitoring. And the CSP, in coordination with the JAB, a 3PAO and/or their agency partner, must complete the security authorization package (SSP, SAP, SAR, and  POA&M, before they can achieve either their Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO) from the JAB or an Authorization to Operate (ATO) from their partner agency. Ultimately, once these are achieved the CSP’s offering can then be listed on the FedRAMP marketplace with the stamp of approval from the government. Listing in the FedRAMP marketplace makes you much more likely to get additional business from government agencies.

Who needs to comply with FedRAMP?

FedRamp applies to all cloud service providers (CSP) and cloud service offerings (CSO) that wish to provide products and services to the US government. They must demonstrate that they meet all FedRamp requirements.

Is FedRAMP mandatory?

Any cloud services with federal information must be FedRAMP authorized, and it is mandatory for all federal agency cloud services, regardless of their impact level.

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