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GAO to probe FedRAMP
GAO auditors will take a comprehensive look at the government's cloud security program by talking to agencies and commercial providers.
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Think FedRAMP is a bottleneck? Think again.
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program deserves praise, not criticism, and here are four reasons why.
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Census awards $430M contract to support 2020 count
GDIT will provide contact-center systems and operations support with a FedRAMP-compliant, cloud-based platform.
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5 myths of managed services
Federal IT leaders who are reluctant to rely on managed services providers are missing out on one of the best investments they can make.
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Why contract language matters with cloud
GSA's FedRAMP is a good starting point for cloud security, but experts say agencies must fine-tune their arrangements with vendors by using service-level agreements.
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Cloud approval can cost over $2 million
Cost estimates for FedRAMP authorization aren't simple to calculate, but on average it runs about $2.25 million, according to GSA.
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Cloud security: Learning to trust the facts
The cloud can often exceed the security of an on-premises or legacy data center. Here's why.
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FedRAMP Ready or FedRAMP Irrelevant?
Despite GSA’s efforts to accelerate the FedRAMP approval process, the lack of agency reciprocity puts the program’s central goals at risk.
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5 tips for CSPs looking to leverage FedRAMP Accelerated
Paying attention to these often overlooked capabilities can help cloud service providers speed through GSA's new review process.
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FedRAMP rolls out high security baseline
Cloud service providers now have a new high-level security model to offer federal agencies.
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The three-month FedRAMP approach
The FedRAMP team is bullish on getting cloud service providers through the approval process in a single quarter, thanks to its new pre-assessment phase.
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A brief history of FedRAMP
Revisiting key milestones for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
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A web of FedRAMP collaboration
Agencies are leveraging each other's cloud service authorization efforts -- some more than others. Here's what FedRAMP sharing looks like.
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Finally, a faster FedRAMP?
A revamped assessment process targets the cloud security program’s biggest friction point: time.
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What agencies are asking about FedRAMP
FCW talked with FedRAMP evangelist Ashley Mahan about her role in helping agencies adopt cloud technology.
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What really goes on inside the FedRAMP office
One tiny team is at the center of the federal government’s push for cloud computing — and all the loud, complicated competing interests that go along with it.
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Three wishes for FedRAMP Accelerated
The recently announced changes to one of the government’s most important security programs are a good start, but additional fixes are needed.
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