GovRAMP™ CERTIFICATION
360 Advanced offers GovRAMP Gap Assessment and Advisory services to assist organizations in achieving GovRAMP verified cloud security. Our gap assessment evaluates your current compliance status and identifies areas needing improvement, setting you on the path towards GovRAMP verification. Additionally, our advisory services guide you through the preparation process, capturing your current architecture, documentation, policies, and procedures. We analyze these findings, make recommendations, and provide a proposed implementation plan with actionable next steps. With our expert guidance, you can confidently work towards meeting your cloud security goals and GovRAMP compliance requirements.
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Service providers who use or offer cloud solutions to process, store, and transmit government data can adopt a security plan with GovRAMP, a framework that helps state and local governments mitigate cyber threats that might occur from unsecured cloud solutions.
GovRAMP—State Risk and Authorization Management Program—represents the mutual interests of state and local governments, third-party assessment organizations, and service providers with IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS solutions. The GovRAMP framework helps protect data such as personally identifiable information (PII), personal health information (PHI), and payment card industry (PCI) information.
GovRAMP has developed a widely acceptable set of standards, controls, and policies to meet the cybersecurity needs of governments, and its purpose is to help state and local governments secure citizens’ data, save taxpayer and service provider costs with its “verify once, service many” model, reduce the burden on government and advance cybersecurity education and best practices
It is the states’ equivalent of FedRAMP, which promotes the adoption of secure cloud services across federal entities. It is built on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-53 Rev. 4 framework—which is the same publication the federal government used to develop FedRAMP.
Compared to FedRAMP, GovRAMP has quicker approval times, less controls, and a less vigorous process
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Statuses
Through GovRAMP, state and local governments are provided a common method for verifying cloud security. The security statuses of GovRAMP include:
Verified Offerings:
- Ready — readiness assessment results submitted and approved by the project management officer (PMO)
- Provisional — status when the cloud service provider (CSP) has met mandatory controls (readiness) but not yet satisfied the minimum (full) controls
- Authorized — 3PAO and PMO attest to CSP meeting minimum security controls and demonstration of plan to achieve deltas
Progressive Offerings:
- Active — CSP registered with GovRAMP and working with a 3PAO
- In-Process — CSP preparing for full assessment
- Pending — readiness package submitted and awaiting PMO review
Our Services
Through our gap assessment and advisory services, you’re on your way to reaching GovRAMP verified cloud security. We walk you through each step of the assessment process, and our security professionals are always available to advise you with your compliance questions and concerns. We help you reach your cloud security goals.
Gap Assessment
While GovRAMP requires a FedRAMP Authorized third-party assessment organization (3PAO) to conduct assessments, you can begin your GovRAMP verified process with a 360 Advanced Gap Assessment, which evaluates where you are in terms of compliance.
Our assessment determines the current security status of your cloud service organization and identifies the gaps as they relate to compliance to GovRAMP.
Advisory Services
Preparing to be authorized for GovRAMP can get a little tricky. That’s where 360 Advanced comes in.
We capture your current state of architecture, documentation, policies, and procedures. Through workshops with key stakeholders, we assess gaps against GovRAMP requirements and support demonstration of a mature cybersecurity program in-house and in line with GovRAMP requirements.
Then, we analyze the findings and make recommendations with a proposed implementation plan and actionable next steps.
AZ-RAMP vs. GovRAMP vs. TX-RAMP
Arizona’s AZ-RAMP, which began in 2015, was based on a set of security controls maintained by the NIST. AZ-RAMP was the foundation for GovRAMP, which launched in early 2021.
That same year, Texas Department of Information Resources created a statewide risk and authorization management program (RAMP) that included continuous monitoring of CSPs used by state agencies.
GovRAMP has expanded to multiple states, including Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Texas, with more expected to follow.
hear from our Federal Security clients
“I was introduced to the team,” Hindle said, “and right away there was a gel. It didn’t feel transactional. What 360 Advanced did for me was give me the confidence that I had a long-term compliance-services relationship”
Steve Hindle
Principal Chief Security & Compliance Officer | Spirion
“We work with them on every single project, so it’s really nice to have the history with 360 Advanced. They operate at a good pace—and they’re friendly.”
Emma Fountinelle
Information Security Engineer | Luma Health
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