Regulatory guidance, assessment prep, and compliance analysis for the Defense Industrial Base and public sector.
FedRAMP ProgramScope This guide explains the outcome of RFC-0021 and the changes to FedRAMP Marketplace requirements, effective in the FedRAMP Consolidated Rules for 2026 (CR26). Use this when evaluating your listin
FedRAMP ProgramWhat Happened On February 25, 2026, FedRAMP sent an urgent directive to every cloud service provider in its marketplace. CISA Emergency Directive 26-03 demanded immediate action to mitigate vulnerabil
FedRAMP ProgramYou re already hearing the pitch: use your SOC 2 Type II, get a Class A FedRAMP Certification, and skip the expensive assessment grind. It sounds efficient, but it s leading compliance teams into plan
FedRAMP ProgramWhen CISA issues an emergency directive, your response time is measured in days, not weeks. FedRAMP s directive regarding CISA V1: ED 25-03 requires cloud service providers to identify and mitigate po
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FedRAMP ProgramThe updated FedRAMP Incident Communication Procedures take effect on July 4, 2026, for new certifications and January 1, 2027, for existing ones. If you re still drafting incident notifications manual
FedRAMP ProgramWhy This Matters Now FedRAMP will stop accepting new Rev5 Certification requests on June 11, 2027. If you re operating a FedRAMP Rev5-authorized cloud service, there s a hard deadline: your first inde
FedRAMP ProgramCISA s Binding Operational Directive 26-04 has accelerated FedRAMP s vulnerability management timeline by nine months. If your team is still relying on monthly vulnerability scans as a form of continu
FedRAMP ProgramFedRAMP s move to machine-readable packages under Rev5 has divided cloud providers. Some see it as a necessary modernization to reduce long-term burdens. Others, who ve invested heavily in manual proc
FedRAMP ProgramThe FedRAMP Consolidated Rules for 2026 remove the agency sponsorship requirement, introducing new certification paths that let you use existing assessments. If you ve delayed entering the federal mar
FedRAMP ProgramThe FedRAMP Consolidated Rules published on June 24, 2026, didn t break any systems or leak data. No agency lost access to critical services. However, if your team treats regulatory overhauls as mere
FedRAMP ProgramYour security team might think they re ready for FedRAMP 20x. They ve studied the guidance, mapped the new controls, and budgeted for additional scanning tools. But if compliance is still isolated fro
FedRAMP ProgramThe Challenge You re managing a FedRAMP authorization, and somewhere between the blog posts, email newsletters, LinkedIn updates, and GitHub discussions, a critical policy change slipped through. Mayb
FedRAMP ProgramScope This guide explains the new FedRAMP Program Certification path introduced through RFC-0023, specifically for Rev5 Class A, B, and C certifications available without agency sponsorship. It detail
FedRAMP ProgramOne percent of FedRAMP Certified offerings failed the FY26 Q4 Quarterly Test. Not due to a control deficiency or a failed assessment, but because they lost contact with the program. Ten providers now
FedRAMP ProgramYour team has questions. Real ones. The kind that pop up in Slack threads at 4 PM on a Friday, or during the stand-up when someone realizes their SSP just became a legacy artifact. Since CR26 dropped
