Cybersecurity definition
What is FedRAMP?
FedRAMP stands for Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
By Cyber Tool Stack Editorial TeamUpdated
Definition
The U.S. government's standardized process for security-assessing and authorizing cloud services for use by federal agencies, letting a cloud vendor get certified once and reused across many agencies instead of being individually vetted by each.
Related cybersecurity terms
GRCGovernance, Risk, and ComplianceThe combined discipline of setting policy (governance), identifying and managing what could go wrong (risk), and proving adherence to laws and standards (compliance) — usually the umbrella term for the programs and tools that manage all three together.NIST CSFNational Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity FrameworkA widely adopted, voluntary framework that organizes cybersecurity activity into functions — Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover — used as a common structure for building or assessing a security program.