According to Marketwired, CloudPassage today announced that it is the first Cloud Service Provider (CSP) to achieve “FedRAMP Ready” status through the new accelerated Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP Accelerated). Earning FedRAMP Ready status is the first phase in a three-phase process to attain an authorization to operate (ATO). As a result, the CloudPassage Halo platform is now listed on the FedRAMP marketplace for federal agencies and government contractors. Unique to this process, CloudPassage leveraged its own Halo security platform to reach FedRAMP Ready status.

In response to government entities looking to leverage cloud computing while facing an outbreak of sophisticated nation-state cyber attacks, Washington issued a set of strict security standards that vendors must meet for FedRAMP compliance. Federal agencies and government contractors can now be confident that CloudPassage is likely to attain an authorization to operate or an approval from the Joint Authorization Board (JAB).

FedRAMP Accelerated launched in March 2016 to provide a faster, more predictable audit timeline and process for vendors seeking to become ready, in process of, or authorized to serve government agencies. CloudPassage is now listed as one of the few CSPs that are FedRAMP Ready in the FedRAMP Marketplace and is continuing in the next phase of the evaluation process towards “Authorized” status. Schellman & Company (formerly BrightLine) is the independent, third-party assessment organization (3PAO) engaged to perform the FedRAMP assessment of CloudPassage.

Read more at Marketwired.