Regulatory guidance, assessment prep, and compliance analysis for the Defense Industrial Base and public sector.
FedRAMP ProgramThe December 7, 2026 deadline is set. Your agency must review provider vulnerability reports, filter them to your use case, compare PAIN ratings against your impact determinations, and update POA Ms a
FedRAMP ProgramOn August 31, 2026, the FedRAMP 20x program launched Class B and Class C pipelines, replacing the traditional Low and Moderate impact levels with a faster, automation-driven certification model. If yo
FedRAMP ProgramYou re building a cloud service for federal customers. Before you write a single policy or implement a control, you need to answer one question: Low, Moderate, or High? Get this wrong and you ll spend
FedRAMP ProgramSchellman has become the first Third-Party Assessment Organization (3PAO) to assess over 200 cloud service offerings on the FedRAMP Marketplace . This milestone isn t just a number; it s a dataset tha
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FedRAMP ProgramFedRAMP s public comment process isn t flawed because the agency ignores your input. It s problematic because you re treating it like a traditional regulatory comment period, while it s designed more
FedRAMP ProgramQuestions from the Field The FedRAMP Authorization Act is now part of the defense authorization bill, prompting compliance teams to question its impact on existing authorizations, future plans, and ag
FedRAMP ProgramThe Decision at Hand With FedRAMP Rev. 5 baselines now in play, cloud service providers must decide: invest in OSCAL-native tools or stick with the traditional Word-and-Excel approach that got you aut
FedRAMP ProgramIf you re a cloud service provider with federal contracts, you re facing a critical decision that affects your engineering plans, contract timelines, and authorization strategy. FedRAMP Rev 5 is the c
FedRAMP ProgramWhen FedRAMP withdrew its proposed requirement for cloud service providers to report assessment costs, it didn t just kill RFC-0019. It clarified where the regulatory line stops and where your commerc
FedRAMP ProgramFedRAMP s new mandatory Security Inbox requirements pose a critical question for cloud service providers: should you manage emergency response monitoring internally, or assign it to a third party? The
FedRAMP ProgramUnderstanding the FedRAMP High Shortfall Federal agencies spent $11 billion on cloud services in 2024, with 40% supporting high-impact systems crucial for national security, law enforcement, emergency
FedRAMP ProgramUnderstanding the New FedRAMP Labels Imagine you re in a procurement meeting, and someone questions whether a cloud service labeled FedRAMP Moderate is now Class C or if the baseline has changed entir
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
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
