A system security plan (SSP) is an extremely detailed document that provides everything an individual needs to know about the security controls used within an IT system and its environment. It incorporates information from the risk management process such as FIPS 199, the categorization of the asset, and the impact levels for confidentiality, integrity, and availability to the system. Furthermore, it identifies who is the system owner and other system subject matter experts (SME). Additionally, the SSP contains technical specifications on the services, ports, etc. the system uses for its intended purpose and information about the controls around the various security domains (Identity & Access Management, Incident Response, Data Loss Protection and more). Since the details are stored in one central location, I believe a SSP could be used for audit purposes and help improve the overall protection of the system.
Hi, Anthony. You have a good point on the FIPS 199 providing the categorization of the asset, and the impact levels for confidentiality, integrity, and availability to the system. The categorization of the asset is very useful to find out a relevant solution. Although the SSP is a very long and detailed document, or we may spend much time to complete it, the SSP can be a guideline to help us how to reduce or avoid the risk.
The system security plan (SSP) is the most important document in the security package. It sums up the system description, system boundary, architecture, and security control in one document. It also includes details of processes for auditing and maintaining the system, in addition to information about how you plan to respond to security incidents that occur on the network. One of the important points is to ensure that security controls meet minimum security control baseline requirements. Once a system has been categorized as low, moderate, or high in accordance with FIPS 199, the corresponding security control baseline standards apply.
The FEDRAMP system security baseline template is used to create a system security plan. The system security plan is a collection of documents that provides an overview of the requirements of each information security system, their controls/plan of implementation for these controls, level of security needed for the information to be transmitted, processed, or stored. The system security plan requires the system to be categorized based on confidentiality, integrity, and availability sensitivity levels.
The plan’s outline consists of the information system’s name/title, their categorization based on FIPS 199, and the determination of the system owner. It must also have the authorizing officials, designated contacts, and assignments of system responsibility. The program should describe its operational status, type, general description of its functionality, it’s inventory, and interconnections. It should also address the supporting laws, regulations, standards, and guidance it was based on. The program should explain the system’s minimum required security controls such as access control, awareness training…and more. The program must also provide attachments used to support the system security plan.
Hi Mei,
More importantly, enterprise information system security planning is a comprehensive project involving management, regulations, and technology. The overall goal of enterprise information system security is enterprise security, network security, data security, information content security, information infrastructure security, and public The sum of information security. The ultimate goal of corporate information system security is to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of corporate information.
Hi Mei,
Before I read this article, I was not familiar with Feder Lamp. According to FedRAMP, they have created and managed a set of core processes to ensure effective and repeatable cloud security for the government. I agree that for the “populace” cloud, this should also be imitated. Also, cloud service providers, from what I have read in the past, need to design a baseline health check subscriber to their service and quarantine if they do not meet. This is what they should take advantage of! Many of the things initially used by the government were eventually used for public purposes.
The FEDRAMP SSP is the most detailed and important document in the process of setting up and maintaining security for an organization. It details the IS categorization steps which that section with go hand in had with the NIST and FIPS documents discussed in the prior readings. It then goes through and details the IS owner, authorized officials and designated contacts as well as the assignment of security responsibility for each individual and group that way there is no confusion as to who handles what part and provides accountability if there is some form of attack. It then goes in depth on system types, descriptions and connections between the systems. Laws and regulations among other relevant legal information is include incase any confusion arises. After classifying security controls it goes into auditing and the prior mentioned accountability. Following these sections the document goes into further detail on security assessment and auth, contingency planning, Identification, incident response and protection in regards to organization and customer information. The document is wide sprawling and brings all the smaller documents and procedures into one concise document that can always be referred to for any questions or issues that arise.
Hi Austin,
I agree with you that FEDRAMP also specifies the controls to be implemented by the cloud service provider (CSP) on the information systems of its customers and federal agencies. In addition, it also guides professionals to deploy which controls for low, medium and high security parameters.
The FedRAMP System Security Plan (SSP) provides a detailed template for inputting any and all information about an organizations information security plan. The template helps if the user inputs where the control originates from so the proper person’s responsibility is clear to how to implement, manage, and monitor the control. Along with this plan is a section dedicated to laws and regulations. This ensures that all controls comply with appropriate local and federal laws. Another part of the plan is access control, which makes sure that the correct authority on the control has the access to it, and unauthorized users cannot access the control. The next part deals with security awareness and training, which is important so employees are up-to-date on any policies and procedures associated with their jobs. The SSP is incredibly important as a potential database for anything information security related and should be used for reference in any matter that deals with an organizations information security and how to avoid potential problems that could arise in the future.
This is a template describing a system security plan provided by a Cloud Service Provider (CSP) to a client. It is important to note that this document outlines the security responsibilities of both the Cloud Service Provider and the client. Reading through this template it appears that the CSP is not responsible for all security measures of the system that is hosted in their cloud infrastructure. The template describes where all security controls originate so it is clear whose responsibility it is to implement and monitor. That way, if there is a breach, that fault may not fall completely on the CSP.
That is a great analysis that I did not think about when reviewing this. I learned in another class that the security of the cloud is split amongst the provider and the cloud users. One factor that determines the amount of security the cloud user is responsible for is the cloud model they use, whether its IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS. If I recall correctly, if a IaaS is used, the user has more responsibility compared to a SaaS model.
Hi Anthony! Thank you for the great response. I really missed this point while going through the template. It does a good job of outlining and describing the security responsibilities of both the service provider and the client. Great catch with the template that the cloud service provider is not the only party liable for all security measures. Thank you for bringing up that point!
The FEDRAMP SSP Template is a comprehensive document which can provide an organization the information they need to protect themselves. The minimum securities portion of the template outlines what the organization needs to do in order to be compliant for the FEDRAMP process. These security recommendations range from access control, both electronically and physically, to incident response, and accountability. The FEDRAMP template can provide a guideline which any organization can use to protect themselves and their customers. When the organization adopts the methods and recommendations outlined in this template, they can be confident they are reducing their exposure to risk.
You are correct in your analysis stating that using this template is a helpful start, and can reduce high risk scenarios. The FEDRAMP SSP is only as useful as the information an organization puts in. If the template is filled with as much information as possible, then it’s more useful than if the template is filled with the bare minimum of information.
The FedRAMP System Security Plan is a highly detailed template that describes all the security controls in use of the particular information system and its implementation. Policies and procedures are explicitly referenced and linked to which document and section it is in reference to. The document provides guidance and examples at every section allowing the writer to make the decision as to what is required to be included at each level. The document starts at high level and progresses to a granular effort. It also highlights that key individuals must be identified at each level in order to track responsibility and ownership for the system or data.
I think you make a great point that this document can help an organization make decisions which are best for them. It’s broad enough so it can be adapted to many situations and also allows the organization to make decisions and manage their choices.
The FedRAMP System Security Plan is a super detailed template which provide us a clearly direction of how to make a security plan to our clients. This template first shows all the relative information of the information system owner, such as their information types, general system description, system environment and inventory. And the template also include some applicable the law, regulation, standards and guidance. Then, specifically mention about the minimum security controls, which include the adaptable Access control, awareness and training, audit and accountability, and so on.
This document is really important which covers a wide range of areas, and can be used as a reference for any problems that will appear in the future.
You are right about the system security plan being super detailed as it includes the functions and features of a system including hardware and software installed on the system. The main purpose of the SSP is to provide an overview of the security requirements of the system and describe the controls in place or planned, responsibilities and accountability of all individuals who access the system.
The FedRAMP provides the details of establishing the system security plan, and it also has some standards that need to follow, including NIST SP 800-60, NIST SP 800-63-3, and FIPS Pub 199. In the Summary of Required Security Controls Table, it provides the different controls from low to high sensitivity level. When the sensitivity level is high in some specific control, the organization must design the control as high. The organization can use this table to establish and document the issue and action it needs to do, so the next person, who is responsible to fix the problem will deal with the problem efficiently. The FedRAMP is guidance to provide the description for organizations to make documentation.
Hi Cami…..
I agree with your assessment that FedRAMP is a tool to create risk documentation and help organizations catalog their risks, threats, vulnerabilities and mitigation plans. It is a great one stop shop for all things information security for an agency that completes the documentation.
The purpose of the system security plan is to provide an overview of the security requirements of the system and describe the controls in place or planned, responsibilities and expected behavior of all individuals who access the system. Without an System Security Plan, the program is destined to take wrong turns and end up lost, all of which costs the organization time and money.
,Hi, Kyuanda, I agree with your points, the system security plan is a super detailed template which provide us a clearly direction of how to make a security plan to our clients. One thing that I’d like to mention is that this plan also has been categorized as low, moderate, or high in accordance with FIPS 199.
This document template provides an extremely detailed baseline template to develop all the necessary contents and components of a good System Security Plan. It contains all the necessary parts that are typically required in a System Security Plan. It provides a storm of organization to the intensive process of coming up with a system security plan. The template is greatly structured with space in each section to include customized and necessary content for the SSP. Some of the detailed sections include minimum ontrols like access controls, audit and accountability, system assessment and authorization, configuration management, contingency planning, identification and authentication, incident response, maintenance, media protection, physical protection, planning, personal security, risk assessment, systems and services acquisition, systems and information integrity.
Cloud technology brings risks while improving efficiency, saving costs, and developing green computing technologies. fedRAMP provides a cost-effective way for government agencies to adopt cloud services. The cloud service provider is responsible for implementing the fedRAMP security control baseline, hiring an independent third-party assessment agency to provide risk warnings for the cloud services it provides, so as to provide a basis for the security authorization of the federal agency users. CSP needs to continuously monitor cloud services to maintain authorization.
The System Security Plan for a high baseline is a template for identifying at a control level each control that is required for a high value or high risk systems. The information gathered in the plan for each control includes the role that is responsible for the control, what the implementation status of the control is, how the control originated whether it is via the software, configured by a vendor or provided by the customer, what the solution for the control is and how it is implemented. This information is mandated to be updated at least annually or when a significant change occurs to the system. The plan framework basically provides every dimension of controls that are required for high value systems.
The SSP is the foundational document that supports a FedRAMP assessment. and FedRAMP is a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. FedRAMP System Security Plan (SSP) High Baseline Template will help to build structure and order for the document. The Template lists various specific steps that need to be formulated and implemented in FedRAMP SSP, and help organizations meet FedRAMP requirements.
Information security is one of the most important infrastructures and image signs of modern enterprises. It is the key to protecting corporate assets and business continuity and development. It is also a weapon to expand the corporate business and increase revenue. Thus, a system security plan is necessary. The indispensable role and position of ssp, the important support for information technology, and the important role of information security will be paid more and more attention. We will try to guide information security construction through security planning.
In my opinion, the threat bai faced by enterprise information systems can be roughly divided into two categories: one is the threat to the information in the system; the other is the threat to the equipment in the system, including software and hardware. The development of an enterprise information system security plan must meet the system security requirements on the one hand and describe the security control methods adopted or adapted to meet the system security requirements, and on the other hand, clarify the responsibilities and behavioral norms of all personnel who access the system.
The point I get from this document is that contingency planning has guidelines to prevent planners from missing out on any details. It also provides space for enhanced control so that contingency plans can be improved over time. It has training and planned testing so that employees can handle it well when problems arise. In addition, it is necessary to meet the minimum security control requirements for system backup and recovery. I think every safety control must reach a certain level, because it makes the organization responsible for the problems that need to be improved to reduce the risk.
Absolutely agree, Wenyao!
The entire point of the SSP and the FedRAMP template is to reduce risk, identify areas of improvement and establish a basic but thorough understanding of the technical as it impacts the business. With risks identified and properly categorized this document works alongside the many supporting documents to assist the business in recovery and disaster planning.
“The federal risk and authorization management program (feed ramp) is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring of cloud products and services.” FedRAMP enables federal agencies to develop rapidly from legacy, unsafe legacy IT to mission-based IT, a secure and cost-effective cloud-based IT infrastructure.
The federal risk and authorization management plan (FedRAMP) system security plan (SSP) high baseline template provides the FedRAMP “high” baseline security control requirements for the “high” impact cloud system. This template provides a framework for capturing the environment and responsibilities of the system, as well as the current state of the “high” baseline control required by the system.
FedRAMP creates and manages a set of core processes to ensure effective and repeatable cloud security for the government. All federal agencies must use the FedRAMP process to carry out security assessments, responsibilities, and authorization, and continue to monitor cloud services. FedRAMP has established a mature market to improve the utilization and familiarity of cloud services, and to promote intergovernmental collaboration through a public exchange of lessons learned use cases, and tactical solutions.
A system security plan (SSP) is an extremely detailed document that provides everything an individual needs to know about the security controls used within an IT system and its environment. It incorporates information from the risk management process such as FIPS 199, the categorization of the asset, and the impact levels for confidentiality, integrity, and availability to the system. Furthermore, it identifies who is the system owner and other system subject matter experts (SME). Additionally, the SSP contains technical specifications on the services, ports, etc. the system uses for its intended purpose and information about the controls around the various security domains (Identity & Access Management, Incident Response, Data Loss Protection and more). Since the details are stored in one central location, I believe a SSP could be used for audit purposes and help improve the overall protection of the system.
Hi, Anthony. You have a good point on the FIPS 199 providing the categorization of the asset, and the impact levels for confidentiality, integrity, and availability to the system. The categorization of the asset is very useful to find out a relevant solution. Although the SSP is a very long and detailed document, or we may spend much time to complete it, the SSP can be a guideline to help us how to reduce or avoid the risk.
The system security plan (SSP) is the most important document in the security package. It sums up the system description, system boundary, architecture, and security control in one document. It also includes details of processes for auditing and maintaining the system, in addition to information about how you plan to respond to security incidents that occur on the network. One of the important points is to ensure that security controls meet minimum security control baseline requirements. Once a system has been categorized as low, moderate, or high in accordance with FIPS 199, the corresponding security control baseline standards apply.
The FEDRAMP system security baseline template is used to create a system security plan. The system security plan is a collection of documents that provides an overview of the requirements of each information security system, their controls/plan of implementation for these controls, level of security needed for the information to be transmitted, processed, or stored. The system security plan requires the system to be categorized based on confidentiality, integrity, and availability sensitivity levels.
The plan’s outline consists of the information system’s name/title, their categorization based on FIPS 199, and the determination of the system owner. It must also have the authorizing officials, designated contacts, and assignments of system responsibility. The program should describe its operational status, type, general description of its functionality, it’s inventory, and interconnections. It should also address the supporting laws, regulations, standards, and guidance it was based on. The program should explain the system’s minimum required security controls such as access control, awareness training…and more. The program must also provide attachments used to support the system security plan.
Hi Mei,
More importantly, enterprise information system security planning is a comprehensive project involving management, regulations, and technology. The overall goal of enterprise information system security is enterprise security, network security, data security, information content security, information infrastructure security, and public The sum of information security. The ultimate goal of corporate information system security is to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of corporate information.
Hi Mei,
Before I read this article, I was not familiar with Feder Lamp. According to FedRAMP, they have created and managed a set of core processes to ensure effective and repeatable cloud security for the government. I agree that for the “populace” cloud, this should also be imitated. Also, cloud service providers, from what I have read in the past, need to design a baseline health check subscriber to their service and quarantine if they do not meet. This is what they should take advantage of! Many of the things initially used by the government were eventually used for public purposes.
The FEDRAMP SSP is the most detailed and important document in the process of setting up and maintaining security for an organization. It details the IS categorization steps which that section with go hand in had with the NIST and FIPS documents discussed in the prior readings. It then goes through and details the IS owner, authorized officials and designated contacts as well as the assignment of security responsibility for each individual and group that way there is no confusion as to who handles what part and provides accountability if there is some form of attack. It then goes in depth on system types, descriptions and connections between the systems. Laws and regulations among other relevant legal information is include incase any confusion arises. After classifying security controls it goes into auditing and the prior mentioned accountability. Following these sections the document goes into further detail on security assessment and auth, contingency planning, Identification, incident response and protection in regards to organization and customer information. The document is wide sprawling and brings all the smaller documents and procedures into one concise document that can always be referred to for any questions or issues that arise.
Hi Austin,
I agree with you that FEDRAMP also specifies the controls to be implemented by the cloud service provider (CSP) on the information systems of its customers and federal agencies. In addition, it also guides professionals to deploy which controls for low, medium and high security parameters.
The FedRAMP System Security Plan (SSP) provides a detailed template for inputting any and all information about an organizations information security plan. The template helps if the user inputs where the control originates from so the proper person’s responsibility is clear to how to implement, manage, and monitor the control. Along with this plan is a section dedicated to laws and regulations. This ensures that all controls comply with appropriate local and federal laws. Another part of the plan is access control, which makes sure that the correct authority on the control has the access to it, and unauthorized users cannot access the control. The next part deals with security awareness and training, which is important so employees are up-to-date on any policies and procedures associated with their jobs. The SSP is incredibly important as a potential database for anything information security related and should be used for reference in any matter that deals with an organizations information security and how to avoid potential problems that could arise in the future.
This is a template describing a system security plan provided by a Cloud Service Provider (CSP) to a client. It is important to note that this document outlines the security responsibilities of both the Cloud Service Provider and the client. Reading through this template it appears that the CSP is not responsible for all security measures of the system that is hosted in their cloud infrastructure. The template describes where all security controls originate so it is clear whose responsibility it is to implement and monitor. That way, if there is a breach, that fault may not fall completely on the CSP.
Hi Anthony,
That is a great analysis that I did not think about when reviewing this. I learned in another class that the security of the cloud is split amongst the provider and the cloud users. One factor that determines the amount of security the cloud user is responsible for is the cloud model they use, whether its IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS. If I recall correctly, if a IaaS is used, the user has more responsibility compared to a SaaS model.
Hi Anthony! Thank you for the great response. I really missed this point while going through the template. It does a good job of outlining and describing the security responsibilities of both the service provider and the client. Great catch with the template that the cloud service provider is not the only party liable for all security measures. Thank you for bringing up that point!
The FEDRAMP SSP Template is a comprehensive document which can provide an organization the information they need to protect themselves. The minimum securities portion of the template outlines what the organization needs to do in order to be compliant for the FEDRAMP process. These security recommendations range from access control, both electronically and physically, to incident response, and accountability. The FEDRAMP template can provide a guideline which any organization can use to protect themselves and their customers. When the organization adopts the methods and recommendations outlined in this template, they can be confident they are reducing their exposure to risk.
Hi Jonathan,
You are correct in your analysis stating that using this template is a helpful start, and can reduce high risk scenarios. The FEDRAMP SSP is only as useful as the information an organization puts in. If the template is filled with as much information as possible, then it’s more useful than if the template is filled with the bare minimum of information.
The FedRAMP System Security Plan is a highly detailed template that describes all the security controls in use of the particular information system and its implementation. Policies and procedures are explicitly referenced and linked to which document and section it is in reference to. The document provides guidance and examples at every section allowing the writer to make the decision as to what is required to be included at each level. The document starts at high level and progresses to a granular effort. It also highlights that key individuals must be identified at each level in order to track responsibility and ownership for the system or data.
I think you make a great point that this document can help an organization make decisions which are best for them. It’s broad enough so it can be adapted to many situations and also allows the organization to make decisions and manage their choices.
The FedRAMP System Security Plan is a super detailed template which provide us a clearly direction of how to make a security plan to our clients. This template first shows all the relative information of the information system owner, such as their information types, general system description, system environment and inventory. And the template also include some applicable the law, regulation, standards and guidance. Then, specifically mention about the minimum security controls, which include the adaptable Access control, awareness and training, audit and accountability, and so on.
This document is really important which covers a wide range of areas, and can be used as a reference for any problems that will appear in the future.
Hello Zhen,
You are right about the system security plan being super detailed as it includes the functions and features of a system including hardware and software installed on the system. The main purpose of the SSP is to provide an overview of the security requirements of the system and describe the controls in place or planned, responsibilities and accountability of all individuals who access the system.
The FedRAMP provides the details of establishing the system security plan, and it also has some standards that need to follow, including NIST SP 800-60, NIST SP 800-63-3, and FIPS Pub 199. In the Summary of Required Security Controls Table, it provides the different controls from low to high sensitivity level. When the sensitivity level is high in some specific control, the organization must design the control as high. The organization can use this table to establish and document the issue and action it needs to do, so the next person, who is responsible to fix the problem will deal with the problem efficiently. The FedRAMP is guidance to provide the description for organizations to make documentation.
Hi Cami…..
I agree with your assessment that FedRAMP is a tool to create risk documentation and help organizations catalog their risks, threats, vulnerabilities and mitigation plans. It is a great one stop shop for all things information security for an agency that completes the documentation.
The purpose of the system security plan is to provide an overview of the security requirements of the system and describe the controls in place or planned, responsibilities and expected behavior of all individuals who access the system. Without an System Security Plan, the program is destined to take wrong turns and end up lost, all of which costs the organization time and money.
,Hi, Kyuanda, I agree with your points, the system security plan is a super detailed template which provide us a clearly direction of how to make a security plan to our clients. One thing that I’d like to mention is that this plan also has been categorized as low, moderate, or high in accordance with FIPS 199.
This document template provides an extremely detailed baseline template to develop all the necessary contents and components of a good System Security Plan. It contains all the necessary parts that are typically required in a System Security Plan. It provides a storm of organization to the intensive process of coming up with a system security plan. The template is greatly structured with space in each section to include customized and necessary content for the SSP. Some of the detailed sections include minimum ontrols like access controls, audit and accountability, system assessment and authorization, configuration management, contingency planning, identification and authentication, incident response, maintenance, media protection, physical protection, planning, personal security, risk assessment, systems and services acquisition, systems and information integrity.
Cloud technology brings risks while improving efficiency, saving costs, and developing green computing technologies. fedRAMP provides a cost-effective way for government agencies to adopt cloud services. The cloud service provider is responsible for implementing the fedRAMP security control baseline, hiring an independent third-party assessment agency to provide risk warnings for the cloud services it provides, so as to provide a basis for the security authorization of the federal agency users. CSP needs to continuously monitor cloud services to maintain authorization.
The System Security Plan for a high baseline is a template for identifying at a control level each control that is required for a high value or high risk systems. The information gathered in the plan for each control includes the role that is responsible for the control, what the implementation status of the control is, how the control originated whether it is via the software, configured by a vendor or provided by the customer, what the solution for the control is and how it is implemented. This information is mandated to be updated at least annually or when a significant change occurs to the system. The plan framework basically provides every dimension of controls that are required for high value systems.
The SSP is the foundational document that supports a FedRAMP assessment. and FedRAMP is a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. FedRAMP System Security Plan (SSP) High Baseline Template will help to build structure and order for the document. The Template lists various specific steps that need to be formulated and implemented in FedRAMP SSP, and help organizations meet FedRAMP requirements.
Information security is one of the most important infrastructures and image signs of modern enterprises. It is the key to protecting corporate assets and business continuity and development. It is also a weapon to expand the corporate business and increase revenue. Thus, a system security plan is necessary. The indispensable role and position of ssp, the important support for information technology, and the important role of information security will be paid more and more attention. We will try to guide information security construction through security planning.
In my opinion, the threat bai faced by enterprise information systems can be roughly divided into two categories: one is the threat to the information in the system; the other is the threat to the equipment in the system, including software and hardware. The development of an enterprise information system security plan must meet the system security requirements on the one hand and describe the security control methods adopted or adapted to meet the system security requirements, and on the other hand, clarify the responsibilities and behavioral norms of all personnel who access the system.
The point I get from this document is that contingency planning has guidelines to prevent planners from missing out on any details. It also provides space for enhanced control so that contingency plans can be improved over time. It has training and planned testing so that employees can handle it well when problems arise. In addition, it is necessary to meet the minimum security control requirements for system backup and recovery. I think every safety control must reach a certain level, because it makes the organization responsible for the problems that need to be improved to reduce the risk.
Absolutely agree, Wenyao!
The entire point of the SSP and the FedRAMP template is to reduce risk, identify areas of improvement and establish a basic but thorough understanding of the technical as it impacts the business. With risks identified and properly categorized this document works alongside the many supporting documents to assist the business in recovery and disaster planning.
“The federal risk and authorization management program (feed ramp) is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring of cloud products and services.” FedRAMP enables federal agencies to develop rapidly from legacy, unsafe legacy IT to mission-based IT, a secure and cost-effective cloud-based IT infrastructure.
The federal risk and authorization management plan (FedRAMP) system security plan (SSP) high baseline template provides the FedRAMP “high” baseline security control requirements for the “high” impact cloud system. This template provides a framework for capturing the environment and responsibilities of the system, as well as the current state of the “high” baseline control required by the system.
FedRAMP creates and manages a set of core processes to ensure effective and repeatable cloud security for the government. All federal agencies must use the FedRAMP process to carry out security assessments, responsibilities, and authorization, and continue to monitor cloud services. FedRAMP has established a mature market to improve the utilization and familiarity of cloud services, and to promote intergovernmental collaboration through a public exchange of lessons learned use cases, and tactical solutions.