FedRAMP and GovRAMP Readiness for a Public-Sector SaaS
An authorization package an agency sponsor accepted without a single resubmission.
Client name withheld by agreement- Client
- GovTech software provider
- Region
- U.S. federal and state
- Year
- 2024
- Duration
- 30 weeks
- Scope
- Moderate baseline · 323 controls
- Practice
- AI, Cloud & Digital Trust
The challenge
What was at stake.
A GovTech software provider had an agency sponsor ready to work with it, and a FedRAMP Moderate package that was nowhere near ready. Previous attempts had stalled in documentation that did not match the system.
Every month of delay pushed back federal and state revenue that the company had already forecast.
What we did
The approach, step by step.
- 01
Authorization boundary
A precise boundary, data flows and inventory, agreed with the sponsor before a single control narrative was written.
- 02
Controls engineered, not described
Encryption, logging, vulnerability scanning and configuration baselines were brought up to the Moderate baseline in the actual platform.
- 03
Package written to pass review
System security plan, policies and attachments written in the language reviewers expect, traceable to evidence.
- 04
3PAO readiness
A readiness review that let the independent assessor start testing immediately, plus GovRAMP alignment for state customers.
Outcomes
What changed, in numbers.
- 323
- Moderate baseline controls addressed
- 0
- package resubmissions requested
- 30
- weeks from kickoff to sponsor acceptance
- 2
- markets opened: federal and state
Our sponsor told us it was one of the cleanest packages they had reviewed.
Services delivered
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