Fedramp certification & Cybersecurity & Compliance Firm

  It’s a common practice to shorten long and complicated organizational names to more digestible acronyms. However, navigating these acronyms and the programs behind them can sometimes feel like sifting through alphabet soup.  That’s why I’m here to help decode one of the most-well known federal programs: the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program—otherwise known as FedRAMP.   What is FedRAMP?  Created in 2011, FedRAMP was designed to provide a cost-efficient and risk-based approach to cloud adoption for federal departments and agencies. The creation of the FedRAMP security assessment framework was based on the Risk Management Framework (RMF) that implements the FISMA (Federal Information Security Modernization Act) requirements, and NIST SP 800-53. FedRAMP allows for cloud service providers (CSPs) to be assessed and authorized by federal agencies.   FedRAMP provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and ...

Many organizations outsource their business operations and services to third-party vendors, possibly putting client data at risk. Therefore, organizations request that their vendors achieve SOC 2 compliance to demonstrate IT security standards. Let’s review additional reasons you need SOC 2 compliance now. Protecting your clients’ personal and trusted information is critical.  Mishandled data can make your organization vulnerable to breaches and increasing security threats, such as the  CloudBleed bug ,  Wannacry ransomware attacks ,  Spectre vulnerability , and more. In addition,  it’s common for businesses to outsource various operations in order to leverage technology and skilled resources while reducing costs. In such cases, vulnerabilities in the application and network of your provider may leave your business open to a variety of attacks, including malware installation or ransomware, significantly costing y...