FedRAMP 20x – Major Overhaul Announced to Streamline the Security Authorization Process for Government Cloud Offerings

Sheppard Mullin – The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (“FedRAMP”) announced a major overhaul of the program, which is being called “FedRAMP 20x.” The FedRAMP 20x announcement stated there are no immediate changes to the existing authorization path based on agency sponsorship and assessment against the FedRAMP Rev 5 baseline.