QuickGuide: FedRAMP

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a U.S. government–wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. It is the result of close collaboration with cybersecurity and cloud experts from GSA, NIST, DHS, DOD, NSA, OMB, the Federal CIO Council and its working groups, and private industry.

FedRAMP goals include:

• Accelerate the adoption of secure cloud solutions through reuse of assessments and authorizations
• Increase confidence in security of cloud solutions
• Achieve consistent security authorizations using a baseline set of agreed-upon standards to be used for cloud product approval in or outside of FedRAMP

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