Departments and agencies across the U.S. federal government that use cloud services from a third-party provider are required to meet the security and risk management requirements outlined in the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, also known as FedRAMP.
By providing a consistent approach to security and risk management, FedRAMP provides a standardized baseline set of requirements that will help federal IT organizations streamline how they assess and manage their cloud deployments. Leveraging a FedRAMP certified cloud platform that can be used by multiple federal agencies also helps reduce the time, resources and costs related to previous security and risk management methods that required an individual assessment for each and every federal cloud deployment.
Beyond providing a consistent approach and common set of requirements, FedRAMP offers a number of additional benefits.
- Agility: Reduces duplication of risk management assessments, enabling more rapid deployment of cloud services.
- Flexibility: Ease of deployment to add new or additional cloud-based services within a cloud environment that has already been certified.
- Visibility & Control: Provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring of cloud services.
- Enhanced Security: Provides a highly secure platform based on risk management and compliance that adheres to standardized processes, procedures and controls.
For more information on Verizon’s federal cloud offerings, visit the Verizon Public Sector Markets website.
