Summary

An IT and services organization overcame its inefficient manual FedRAMP advisory process by implementing RegScale’s extreme automation. This significantly streamlined FedRAMP compliance activities and enriched data management. It also enhanced the quality and efficiency of building Authority to Operate (ATO) packages and enabled the organization to rapidly scale its delivery of services.

Challenge: time-consuming process of manually compiling FedRAMP packages

The company faced a significant challenge in manually compiling FedRAMP packages for their clients, a process that was time-consuming and prone to human error. This manual approach to building Authority to Operate (ATO) packages took several months and involved sifting through an array of scan results, spreadsheets, and screenshots for each client.

The company was under constant pressure, scrambling to update these packages ahead of monthly and annual audits, leading to inefficiencies and a lack of scalability. This cumbersome process was becoming a roadblock, both for the company and its clients, in maintaining compliance and managing risk effectively.

Solution: streamlining FedRAMP excellence with automation

In response to these challenges, the company embarked on a journey to radically transform its FedRAMP advisory services. By automating the entire process of FedRAMP package creation, from data collection to workflow management and final package generation, the company introduced a level of efficiency and accuracy previously unattainable. This move towards automation allowed for the quick and easy generation of FedRAMP packages in various formats, including OSCAL, Word, and Excel, effectively eliminating the manual, error-prone processes. The automation also paved the way for better margins and increased revenue by significantly reducing the time and resources required to manage compliance activities for each client.

Result:

The adoption of RegScale for rapid certification led to remarkable improvements in the company’s FedRAMP advisory practice and service to its clients. The end-to-end automation of FedRAMP package creation reduced human errors and dramatically shortened the time needed to build client packages, getting their clients to the federal marketplace faster. By leveraging standard FedRAMP templates for new clients, the company could onboard clients more quickly and efficiently, further enhancing its service offerings. The implementation of continuous controls monitoring and the ability to rapidly update and generate compliant packages enabled the company to deliver unparalleled speed and quality to its FedRAMP clients.