FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board Provisional ATO

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FedRAMP authorization Provisional Authority to Operate security authorization

The FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board Provisional ATO is a high-level, government-wide security authorization granted by the FedRAMP JAB that allows cloud services to be used by multiple U.S. federal agencies after meeting rigorous security and compliance standards.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
FedRAMP JAB ATO	2
FedRAMP Provisional Authorization to Operate	2
FedRAMP Provisional Authorizations to Operate	2
FedRAMP JAB Provisional ATO	1
FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board Provisional ATO canonical	1
FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board provisional authorizations	1
FedRAMP Provisional ATOs	1
Provisional Authorizations to Operate	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2913653 — 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: FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board Provisional ATO
Context triple: [cloud.gov platform, complianceLevel, FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board Provisional ATO]

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. Office of the Chief Information Security Officer of GSA
The Office of the Chief Information Security Officer of GSA is the organizational unit within the U.S. General Services Administration responsible for overseeing and managing the agency’s information security, cybersecurity policies, and related risk management activities.
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. Office of the Chief Privacy Officer of GSA
The Office of the Chief Privacy Officer of GSA is the unit within the U.S. General Services Administration responsible for overseeing privacy policy, compliance, and protection of personal information across the agency’s programs and systems.
E. Office of the Chief Information Officer of GSA
The Office of the Chief Information Officer of GSA is the organizational unit within the U.S. General Services Administration responsible for agency-wide information technology strategy, governance, and digital services.
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: FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board Provisional ATO
Target entity description: The FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board Provisional ATO is a high-level, government-wide security authorization granted by the FedRAMP JAB that allows cloud services to be used by multiple U.S. federal agencies after meeting rigorous security and compliance standards.

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 Risk and Authorization Management 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.
C. Office of the Chief Information Security Officer of GSA
The Office of the Chief Information Security Officer of GSA is the organizational unit within the U.S. General Services Administration responsible for overseeing and managing the agency’s information security, cybersecurity policies, and related risk management activities.
D. 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.
E. Office of the Chief Privacy Officer of GSA
The Office of the Chief Privacy Officer of GSA is the unit within the U.S. General Services Administration responsible for overseeing privacy policy, compliance, and protection of personal information across the agency’s programs and systems.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	FedRAMP authorization ⓘ Provisional Authority to Operate ⓘ security authorization ⓘ
appliesTo	cloud service offering ⓘ cloud service provider environment ⓘ
authorizedBy	Department of Defense representative on JAB ⓘ Department of Homeland Security representative on JAB ⓘ linked to: Office of the Chief Security Officer of DHS General Services Administration representative on JAB ⓘ linked to: Chief Information Officer of GSA
basedOn	FedRAMP Security Assessment Framework ⓘ linked to: Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program FedRAMP security controls ⓘ NIST SP 800-53 security controls ⓘ linked to: NIST SP 800-53
characteristic	highly selective authorization path ⓘ intended for cloud services with broad government demand ⓘ subject to ongoing security reporting ⓘ subject to periodic reassessment ⓘ
documentedIn	FedRAMP Marketplace package ⓘ
enables	agency reuse of FedRAMP security package ⓘ
governedBy	FedRAMP policies and procedures ⓘ OMB cloud computing and security guidance ⓘ
grantedBy	FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board ⓘ linked to: Joint Authorization Board JAB ⓘ
grants	ability for agencies to issue their own ATOs based on JAB package ⓘ provisional authority to operate for a cloud service ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
language	English ⓘ
mayCover	FedRAMP High impact level ⓘ FedRAMP Moderate impact level ⓘ linked to: FedRAMP Moderate
purpose	demonstrate that a cloud service meets FedRAMP security requirements ⓘ enable reuse of cloud security authorization by multiple agencies ⓘ support government-wide cloud adoption ⓘ
relatedTo	FedRAMP Agency ATO ⓘ agency Authority to Operate ⓘ
requires	FedRAMP-accredited 3PAO assessment ⓘ JAB approval of security package ⓘ JAB review of risk posture ⓘ continuous monitoring ⓘ incident reporting to FedRAMP and customer agencies ⓘ independent third-party assessment organization ⓘ plan of action and milestones ⓘ provider implementation of FedRAMP baseline controls ⓘ security assessment report ⓘ system security plan ⓘ
scope	authorization for use by multiple agencies ⓘ government-wide authorization for a specific cloud service ⓘ
statusType	provisional authorization rather than full agency ATO ⓘ
usedBy	multiple U.S. federal agencies ⓘ
usedWithin	FedRAMP ⓘ linked to: Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program ⓘ

How these facts were elicited