Validating the security of your organization’s sensitive information at a single point in time with an annual risk assessment can be helpful, but what about the other 364 days of the year? If you have a cloud application and hope to sell your services to federal agencies, point-in-time assessments won’t be enough.
FedRAMP, which stands for Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, is a U.S. government-wide program that standardizes the security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring processes for cloud products and services used by federal agencies. The goal of FedRAMP is to ensure the security of cloud-based systems and protect sensitive government data. Key objectives of FedRAMP include.
SecurityScorecard is proud to announce that it has achieved the Ready Designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). This designation demonstrates SecurityScorecard’s commitment to the rigorous security standards required by the U.S. government for cloud service providers, and it will enable the company to meet growing demand from U.S. federal agencies for its Third-Party Cyber Risk Management Platform. U.S.
U.S. court employees need to access dozens of systems and applications in order to complete their duties. These employees may also have access to Personally Identifiable Information (PII), which must be securely stored and managed with strict access controls. Court systems need a way for employees to easily and securely access systems, and share passwords and files among teams.
October is officially Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the United States but September was a good month for it, too.
The nation’s capital—Washington, D.C., hosts over 700k+ individuals along the shared border of Maryland and Virginia; within Columbia, an estimated 86.9% of inhabitants can actively vote. The D.C. Board of Elections (DCBOE) is an autonomous group overseeing elections in the area. They manage the voter registration process and manage ballot access for the public. However, D.C. residents are under threat following a recent data breach.
Several U.S. federal agencies have proposed a rule, FAR Case 2021–019, and issued a call for public comment to standardize cybersecurity contractual requirements for unclassified federal information systems and a statute on improving the nation's cybersecurity.
You’re in your company’s go-to-market meeting. You’re excited about a new cloud application your team is developing. Your leaders are trying to understand the application’s market and ideal clients. Someone in the room suggests, “We should sell this to government agencies.
