Path selection before spend
LI-SaaS vs Moderate, agency-sponsor strategy, and boundary design — the decisions that set your total cost get made first, deliberately, not discovered later.
Services FedRAMP
FedRAMP Readiness
Federal authorization in months, not years.
We build the documentation, coordinate with 3PAOs, and run ATO preparation end to end — Moderate or LI-SaaS — so you can sell to federal agencies without hiring a compliance department.
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What is FedRAMP?
FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) is the U.S. government's standardized security authorization program for cloud services. Federal agencies can generally only use cloud products that hold a FedRAMP authorization (ATO). For SaaS startups, the practical paths are the LI-SaaS or Moderate baselines — and choosing the right path early is the difference between months and years.
What you get
The SSP is a book. We write it.
System Security Plan, policies, and the full documentation package in the formats reviewers expect — drafted from your real architecture, maintained as it evolves.
3PAO coordination end to end
We select and manage the third-party assessor, prepare your team for the assessment, and drive remediation of findings until the package is submission-ready.
Continuous monitoring, designed in
An ATO is a subscription, not a diploma: monthly scanning, POA&M management, and reporting. We set up ConMon so it runs without a dedicated hire.
How it works
- 1
Map the path
Free path assessment, then ~1 week.Baseline selection, boundary design, and sponsor strategy based on the agency or deal in play — delivered as a written plan with timeline and price.
- 2
Build the package
Months, not years.Gap remediation, SSP and policy authoring, and evidence preparation — engineered around your stack so the boundary is defensible and the docs match reality.
- 3
Assess and authorize
3PAO assessment + agency review.We manage the 3PAO assessment, drive findings to closure, and support the agency review through to ATO — then hand you a ConMon routine that keeps it.
FedRAMP Readiness questions, answered
What's the difference between FedRAMP LI-SaaS and Moderate?
LI-SaaS (Low Impact SaaS) is a streamlined baseline for low-risk SaaS tools — fewer controls, lighter documentation, faster path. Moderate is the full baseline most agency workloads require. The right answer depends on your data types and the agency's needs; picking wrong in either direction costs quarters, which is why path selection is step one.
Do we need an agency sponsor?
In practice, an agency partner is the standard route to authorization — an agency that wants your product and will sponsor the ATO. If you don't have one yet, we help you position for one: the readiness work itself, done credibly, is often what convinces an agency champion to sponsor.
How long does FedRAMP take?
With the right path and a scoped boundary, we run ATO preparation in months instead of years. The biggest schedule risks are boundary sprawl and documentation rework — both of which are avoidable with the decisions made up front.
Can we reuse our SOC 2 work?
Partially. FedRAMP's control set (NIST 800-53) is broader and more prescriptive than SOC 2, but mature SOC 2 programs give you real control coverage, evidence habits, and policies to build from. We map what carries over so nothing is done twice.
What does it cost?
Our work bills in 15-minute increments with an optional monthly cap. 3PAO fees and any federal-boundary infrastructure are separate — and both are driven by the boundary design we scope with you before anything is spent.
Agencies buy authorized products. Everything before the ATO is preamble.
Months, not years
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