FedRAMP for Government & Public Sector
What FedRAMP means for Government & Public Sector organizations — and how we implement it at the architecture level.
FedRAMP authorization is the price of admission for cloud service providers selling to US federal agencies. The authorization process requires implementing NIST SP 800-53 security controls across the entire cloud system, having those controls assessed by a Third Party Assessment Organization (3PAO), and receiving an Authority to Operate (ATO) from either an agency sponsor or the FedRAMP PMO. Government technology vendors that have not obtained FedRAMP authorization cannot sell cloud services to federal agencies, regardless of their product's technical quality.
The practical engineering challenge of FedRAMP authorization is the FIPS-140-2 cryptography requirement: every cryptographic operation in the system — TLS configuration, database encryption, key management, code signing — must use modules validated by the NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program. Using non-validated modules (including standard OpenSSL in most configurations) is a disqualifying finding. FedRAMP-compliant cloud architecture must be designed from the infrastructure selection decision, not retrofitted after the fact.
FIPS-140-2 validated cryptographic modules at every layer — TLS, encryption at rest, key management
FedRAMP-authorized cloud infrastructure (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, GCP Assured Workloads)
All 325 NIST SP 800-53 Moderate baseline controls (for most commercial federal programs) implemented and evidenced
System Security Plan (SSP) documenting every control implementation
Continuous monitoring with monthly vulnerability scanning and annual penetration testing
We architect FedRAMP authorization from the first infrastructure decision — selecting GovCloud configurations, enforcing FIPS-140 cryptography through policy-as-code, and generating SSP documentation as the system is built. Our approach targets 3PAO assessment timelines by building evidence generation into the deployment pipeline from day one. Continuous monitoring capabilities are implemented as standard deployment components, not post-authorization additions.
Ready to build FedRAMP compliance into your Government & Public Sector system?
We build compliance architecture for Government & Public Sector organizations — FedRAMP and the full Government & Public Sector compliance landscape — from the first infrastructure decision. Fixed price. Production delivery. No discovery phase.