The FedRAMP PMO recently announced new rules for how contractors will need to comply with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Authorization Boundary rules in draft format. This is a big deal because FedRAMP compliance is mandatory for any company that wants to do business with the federal government.

We previously covered the basics of FedRAMP by simply asking “What is FedRAMP?” This time, we’re going to talk about how you can get approved as a FedRAMP Cloud Service Provider (CSP). We’ll talk about some of the advantages of being FedRAMP authorized. We’ll also discuss FedRAMP compliance versus certification to understand the difference. Additionally, we will define terms you will need to know during your FedRAMP journey.

We previously covered the basics of FedRAMP by simply asking “What is FedRAMP?” This time, we’re going to talk about how to become FedRamp Certified Cloud Service Provider (CSP). We’ll talk about some of the advantages of being FedRAMP authorized. We’ll also discuss FedRAMP compliance versus certification to understand the difference. Additionally, we will define terms you will need to know during your FedRAMP journey.

Have you ever heard an IT security pro talk about their POA&M and wondered what they meant? You’re not alone. Many security consultants and engineers are uncertain about the meaning of the acronym “POA&M”. It stands for Plan of Actions and Milestones. It’s a commonplace term within military and defense working environments.

That’s a good question if you’ve been curious about what it is and if it applies to you. For example, do you have a cloud product that the US Government would gain benefit from using? Are you being asked to seek a security approval or an “ATO” by your customer? We’ll go through the basics of FedRAMP in this article to help you understand where you stand in that process. FedRAMP is a government-wide program.

So many great software and cloud-based organizations turn away from working with the US Government because the authorization to operate (ATO) processes are prohibitively complicated, expensive, and time intensive.

A study recently shared with Ignyte posed a question that has been and is currently on many minds. How are organizations that have to adhere to CMMC level 2 handling personal devices? In other words, how do various device policies such as bring your own device (BYOD), choose your own device (CYOD), company owned personally enabled (COPE), and company owned business only (COBO) work with CMMC requirements.

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3 (2019) is “applicable to all federal agencies that use cryptographic-based security systems… and shall be used in designing and implementing cryptographic modules that federal departments and agencies operate or are operated for them under contract.” In other words, any organization that stores, processes, or transmits certain government information must do so in a way that conforms to the FIPS standard.

With the release of CMMC 2.0, and the significant changes that come with it, we have to update our cost expectations. This post covers whether CMMC is appropriate for your business, provides a cost breakdown of the 3 major effort areas, offers a rough estimate of the costs of CMMC compliance, and answers the question of whether an expert can save you time and resources.

Ignyte Platform Inc. is proud to announce that the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) has recognized it as a designated third-party assessment organization (3PAO). This designation is over a year in the making after Ignyte announced in May of 2021 that it reached ISO 17020:2012 accreditation. FedRAMP is the United States Federal government’s way of ensuring the cloud-based products and services it uses are secure.