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Many agencies still not using FedRAMP for cloud providers, GAO says

After several years, a consortium of agencies has been working on FedRAMP, a program to certify cybersecurity of cloud computing services providers.

January 2, 2020 10:45 am

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After several years, a consortium of agencies has been working on FedRAMP, a program to certify cybersecurity of cloud computing services providers. The idea is, if a service has a FedRAMP seal, then every agency doesn’t have to test that service itself. But a recent look-see by the Government Accountability Office found that many agencies don’t use FedRAMP when hooking up with cloud providers. For more, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to GAO’s director of information security issues, Gregory Wilshusen.