Cloud Service Provider Achieves “FedRAMP Ready” Status

Cloud Service Provider Achieves “FedRAMP Ready” Status

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Cloud service providers of US Federal agencies and government organizations must

meets strict standards and requirements in order to achieve a trusted provider status.

CloudPassage recently announced that it is the first Cloud Service Provider (CSP) to achieve “FedRAMP Ready” status through the new accelerated Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.

FedRAMP is a government program, incorporating security agencies and experts from the private industry, that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services.

Earning FedRAMP Ready status is the first phase in a three-phase process to attain an authorization to operate. As a result, CloudPassage’s platform is now listed on the FedRAMP marketplace for federal agencies and government contractors.

In response to government entities looking to leverage cloud computing while facing an outbreak of sophisticated cyber attacks, Washington issued a set of strict security standards that vendors must meet for FedRAMP compliance. Federal agencies and government contractors can now be confident that CloudPassage is likely to attain an authorization to operate.

FedRAMP Accelerated launched in March 2016 to provide a faster, more predictable audit timeline and process for vendors seeking to become ready, in process of, or authorized to serve government agencies.

Bart Westerink, Senior Director of Security and Compliance at CloudPassage told digitaljournal.com: “Achieving FedRAMP Ready status is a big milestone for CloudPassage, as it demonstrates that we are a trusted cloud service provider that upholds high standards and meets FedRAMP’s rigorous review process. In order to meet FedRAMP Ready status, we were assessed for critical controls such as the use of approved cryptographic modules; continuous monitoring capabilities; authentication, authorization and access controls; and configuration and risk management. Federal agencies and government contractors can now leverage CloudPassage Halo to securely take advantage of the benefits of cloud infrastructure”.