Independent FedRAMP Security Auditing for Cloud Vendors
P5/10March 18, 2026
WhatA third-party platform that provides continuous, independent security assessments of cloud services seeking or holding federal authorization, publishing transparent scorecards agencies can trust.
SignalThe FedRAMP process is broken — vendors get approved not because they meet security standards but because they become too entrenched to remove, and conflicts of interest between reviewers and vendors undermine the entire authorization framework.
Why NowMajor government breaches tied to Microsoft cloud products and growing Congressional scrutiny of federal IT procurement have created political will for independent oversight that didn't exist before.
MarketFederal agencies and defense contractors spending $50B+ annually on cloud services; competes with FedRAMP itself but positioned as a supplement; no real independent player exists today.
MoatTrust and reputation as the neutral arbiter — once agencies rely on your assessments, switching costs are high and the dataset of vendor security postures becomes uniquely valuable.
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