Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program

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U.S. federal program government security program

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a U.S. government-wide framework that standardizes security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services used by federal agencies.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
FedRAMP	3
FedRAMP Security Assessment Framework	2
Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program canonical	2
FedRAMP (for eligible regions and accounts)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2912924 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program
Context triple: [FedRAMP Program Management Office, partOf, Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program]

A. FedRAMP Program Management Office
The FedRAMP Program Management Office is the federal team that oversees and manages the government-wide FedRAMP cloud security authorization program for U.S. agencies and cloud service providers.
B. Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014
The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 is a U.S. law that updates and strengthens federal government information security practices by clarifying agency responsibilities, enhancing oversight, and modernizing the framework for protecting federal information systems.
C. Controlled Unclassified Information program
The Controlled Unclassified Information program is a U.S. federal initiative that standardizes how sensitive but unclassified information is marked, handled, and protected across government agencies and their partners.
D. NIST SP 800 series
The NIST SP 800 series is a collection of special publications from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology that provide guidelines, recommendations, and technical specifications for information security and risk management.
E. National Security Risk Assessment process
The National Security Risk Assessment process is a systematic government framework for identifying, evaluating, and prioritizing threats and hazards to a nation’s security to inform policy and preparedness.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program
Target entity description: The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a U.S. government-wide framework that standardizes security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services used by federal agencies.

A. FedRAMP Program Management Office
The FedRAMP Program Management Office is the federal team that oversees and manages the government-wide FedRAMP cloud security authorization program for U.S. agencies and cloud service providers.
B. Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014
The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 is a U.S. law that updates and strengthens federal government information security practices by clarifying agency responsibilities, enhancing oversight, and modernizing the framework for protecting federal information systems.
C. Controlled Unclassified Information program
The Controlled Unclassified Information program is a U.S. federal initiative that standardizes how sensitive but unclassified information is marked, handled, and protected across government agencies and their partners.
D. NIST SP 800 series
The NIST SP 800 series is a collection of special publications from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology that provide guidelines, recommendations, and technical specifications for information security and risk management.
E. National Security Risk Assessment process
The National Security Risk Assessment process is a systematic government framework for identifying, evaluating, and prioritizing threats and hazards to a nation’s security to inform policy and preparedness.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. federal program ⓘ government security program ⓘ
abbreviation	FedRAMP ⓘ linked to: Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program
appliesTo	U.S. federal agencies ⓘ cloud products ⓘ cloud services ⓘ
authorizingBodies	Joint Authorization Board ⓘ
basedOnStandard	FIPS 199 ⓘ FIPS 200 ⓘ NIST SP 800-53 ⓘ
benefit	increased security consistency across agencies ⓘ reduced duplication of security assessments ⓘ reuse of security authorizations ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Department of Homeland Security ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Homeland Security National Institute of Standards and Technology ⓘ Office of Management and Budget ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
definesProcess	authorization to operate ⓘ continuous monitoring of cloud systems ⓘ security assessment ⓘ
establishedBy	U.S. Office of Management and Budget ⓘ linked to: Office of Management and Budget
excludes	most Department of Defense on-premises systems ⓘ
focusesOn	cloud computing security ⓘ information security ⓘ risk management ⓘ
governingBody	U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ
hasAcronym	3PAO ⓘ
hasAuthorizationType	Agency Authority to Operate ⓘ Provisional Authority to Operate ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.fedramp.gov ⓘ
JointAuthorizationBoardMembers	Department of Defense ⓘ Department of Homeland Security ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Homeland Security General Services Administration ⓘ linked to: U.S. General Services Administration
jurisdiction	U.S. federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
language	English ⓘ
overseenBy	FedRAMP Program Management Office ⓘ
policyInstrument	OMB memorandum ⓘ
purpose	standardize continuous monitoring for cloud services ⓘ standardize security assessment for cloud services ⓘ standardize security authorization for cloud services ⓘ
requires	independent third-party assessment ⓘ
requiresComplianceFrom	cloud service providers seeking federal customers ⓘ
scope	federal civilian agencies ⓘ
sector	information technology governance ⓘ public sector ⓘ
uses	Third Party Assessment Organizations ⓘ
usesConcept	continuous monitoring ⓘ risk-based categorization ⓘ security controls baseline ⓘ

How these facts were elicited