Remember FedRAMP
Full name: Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program
Memory aid: Federal cloud Risk follows an Authorization Management Program.
A service's authorization scope and offering boundary matter.
Study area: MIS, risk & continuity · Batch 6
Relevant study for: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline · CompTIA SecurityX · ISC2 CC
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FedRAMP — Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program
Standardizes security assessment and authorization processes for scoped US federal cloud services.
Why learn FedRAMP — Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program?
Standardizes security assessment and authorization processes for scoped US federal cloud services.
Where it came from
A service's authorization scope and offering boundary matter.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Federal cloud Risk follows an Authorization Management Program.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand FedRAMP: Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
- Recall this memory aid: Federal cloud Risk follows an Authorization Management Program.
- Explain the practical use: Standardizes security assessment and authorization processes for scoped US federal cloud services.
- Explain this distinction: A service's authorization scope and offering boundary matter.
- Identify FedRAMP in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- NIST cybersecurity glossary (csrc.nist.gov)