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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.

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a U.S. government initiative that standardizes the security assessment and authorization process for cloud products and services used by federal agencies. Part of this process requires cloud service providers (CSPs) to complete a FedRAMP Readiness Assessment Report (RAR), which is used to determine whether they are prepared to undergo full FedRAMP authorization.

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Authorization from FedRAMP allows Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) the lucrative prospect of providing services to the federal government community.

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If you’re a cloud service provider, you’re required to make it through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) in order to receive Authority to Operate (ATO) in the federal marketplace which allows you to provide your services and products for use by the federal government. There are two different avenues you can take to achieve ATO—through the Joint Authorization Board (JAB) or through an agency.

What is CMMC? As a result of the new digital age, a rise in cybercrime has paralleled technological advances we are seeing evolve every day.

Schellman becomes the first compliance services firm authorized by the CMMC AB and the 5th C3PAO Overall October 19, 2021 (Tampa, FL) – Schellman is pleased to announce that we are now an authorized Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Third Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO). Overseen by the Department of Defense (DoD) alongside the CMMC Accreditation Body (CMMC AB), the CMMC program is designed to enforce consistent cybersecurity practices across the hundreds of thousands of defense contractors that participate in and make up the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). A group that now includes Schellman, C3PAOs are the independent assessment organizations that work alongside advisory and training providers to improve cybersecurity practices and protect the sensitive information maintained by the DIB participants.