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Matt Hungate

Matt Hungate is a Director with Schellman based in Charlottesville, VA. Prior to joining Schellman in 2019, Matt worked as a Cybersecurity Consultant for a large advisory firm where he specialized in strategy and assessment services for NIST SP 800-53 and FedRAMP. Matt also led and supported various other projects, including the development of an enterprise wide cybersecurity strategy and cloud transition plan for a large federal agency. Matt has over 5 years of experience comprised of serving clients in both the private and public sectors, and his credentials include the CISSP, CISA, and CPA. Matt is now focused primarily on FedRAMP assessments for organizations across various industries.

Privacy Assessments | Federal Assessments | NIST

Understanding NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53

By: Matt Hungate
July 6th, 2022

Every so often, a road needs to be repaved.

FedRAMP | Federal Assessments

The Four Phases of the FedRAMP Ready Process

By: Matt Hungate
March 15th, 2022

Did you know? The historic Apollo 11 mission that put a man on the moon took eight days, three hours, 18 minutes, and 35 seconds.

FedRAMP | Federal Assessments

How to Get FedRAMP Ready

By: Matt Hungate
March 3rd, 2022

Lin Manuel Miranda is more known for his musical Hamilton these days, but years ago, he also wrote a 14-minute show called 21 Chump Street. It featured a song—“What the Heck I Gotta Do.”

FedRAMP | Federal Assessments

What Does it Mean to Be FedRAMP Ready?

By: Matt Hungate
February 15th, 2022

Self-help guru Tony Robbins once said that "the meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck."

FedRAMP | Compliance and Certification | Federal Assessments

Navigating FedRAMP’s Security Requirements for Containers

By: Matt Hungate
September 15th, 2021

As a Third Party Assessment Organization (3PAO), Schellman has been performing FedRAMP security assessments for Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) since 2014. During this time, we have seen our CSP clients pioneer technologies that provide federal agencies an opportunity to leverage new and innovative cloud services, all while modernizing their approach to building, deploying, and managing applications through containerization. Though this gradual shift to containerizing system components has increased CSPs’ operational efficiency and scale, it has also introduced new security risks to FedRAMP systems.

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