The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) has authorized more than 500 cloud service offerings, marking a big milestone as the program pushes forward with its FedRAMP 20x modernization effort.
FedRAMP – a program overseen by the General Services Administration (GSA) – aims to provide a standardized, government-wide approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services used by federal agencies.
In March, the program launched FedRAMP 20x, a revamp effort that places a heavy focus on automation to speed the approval process for secure cloud services authorized by the program.
As of Friday afternoon, the FedRAMP Marketplace shows 502 authorized cloud services, as well as 75 in progress.
“Hitting 500 FedRAMP authorized cloud services is a great milestone, but the program’s directive is to grow the FedRAMP Marketplace to thousands of services over the next few years,” Pete Waterman, FedRAMP director, said in a statement to MeriTalk. “The core changes have enabled growth and have been tested with the public over the last year in Requests for Comment and pilots. We are looking forward to releasing the FedRAMP Consolidated Rules for 2026 by the end of June to formalize these changes.”
“We will continue to work with all stakeholders to ensure access to secure services that they need,” Waterman said.
The consolidated rules, which FedRAMP announced earlier this month, will be valid until the end of 2028.
stackArmor, a company that helps cloud service providers reduce the time and cost of FedRAMP authorization, recognized the 500th authorized cloud service as a major milestone.
“We are very excited to see FedRAMP hit the 500 authorized cloud services milestone. The continued focus on automation and removing bureaucratic bottlenecks will help us provide agencies with best-of-breed AI and quantum solutions,” Gaurav “GP” Pal, CEO of stackArmor, said in a statement to MeriTalk.
“As the only ATO Accelerator that provides in-boundary, hosted, and FedRAMP 20x solutions, we see FedRAMP 5,000 right around the corner!” Pal added.