MicroStrategy has secured an authorized designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud-based analytics platform for government customers. The business intelligence company said Tuesday that MicroStrategy Cloud for Government service achieved the certification with support from the Department of Health and Human Services and that the offering is now listed on […] More

An Amazon Web Services tool for managing configuration data has been granted authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s high security baseline. AWS AppConfig is available to government customers in the GovCloud U.S. West and East regions and is designed to help users create and update software apps for handling workloads […] More

A procurement automation platform from Paperless Innovations has achieved “In Process” designation at the moderate impact level under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The FedRAMP In Process status will enable Paperless to offer to federal, state and local government agencies its cloud-based Actus platform meant to help organizations automate management of procurement card […] More

Amazon Web Services has secured High Authority to Operate certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its omnichannel cloud contact center service. The designation enables AWS customers to use Amazon Connect to operate a cloud-based center service authorized to handle controlled unclassified information, AWS specialists Samuel Frederick and Jason Shaffer said in […] More

The Joint Authorization Board of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has moved to prioritize collaboration with IronNet to help the latter secure a provisional authority to operate for its threat detection and data exchange platform. IronNet’s Collective Defense technology was chosen to undergo the JAB’s evaluation process for P-ATO following the latest round […] More

Enterprise software company Databricks has secured an authorized designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its Lakehouse cloud service platform. The FedRAMP Program Management Office gave the Databricks offerings a moderate impact level designation, allowing contractors and federal agencies to utilize the cloud platform for data, analytics and artificial intelligence consolidation, the […] More

A cloud-based Qlik business analytics offering has joined the list of certified products in the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program marketplace. The Environmental Protection Agency acted as the sponsoring entity throughout the FedRAMP authorization pursuit for the Qlik Cloud Government software-as-a-service platform, which achieved Moderate Impact Level compliance under the program, the company said Tuesday. […] More

Forcepoint has received Authorized designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for expanded services of its cloud-native Security Service Edge platform. The company said Tuesday the expanded FedRAMP certification covers Forcepoint ONE’s security services, including Cloud Access Security Broker, Secure Web Gateway, Zero Trust Network Access and Data Loss Prevention. Forcepoint ONE is […] More

Sumo Logic has brought in its cloud-based security information and event management services as part of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-Moderate offering as it seeks to support public sector agencies’ monitoring, privacy and safeguarding of critical data.  The latest designation comes after Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM obtained an Amazon Web Services security competency […] More

Cloud security provider Ermetic has picked Ben McGucken, regional vice president of sales for US Federal and Latin America, to lead the company’s efforts to secure certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Ermetic has started the process to achieve a FedRAMP Authority to Operate status and has tapped engineering and advisory services […] More

The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement will sponsor a security assessment of Paperless Innovations’ cloud software-as-a-service offering under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Actus is a cloud-based SaaS platform that ICE intends to use for its system designed to automate purchase card approvals, Paperless Innovations said Wednesday. Mike Tocci, president […] More

Paperless Innovations was provided advisory services for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program from TalaTek, a Cerberus Sentinel subsidiary and a FedRAMP-accredited third party assessment organization. The Fairfax, Virginia-based small business said Friday TalaTek advised Paperless security subject matter experts on risk management, security and compliance to ensure that FedRAMP program documentation for the […] More