New Assessment Tool for ISV and Tech Providers

A new assessment tool is helping SaaS, ISV, and tech providers eliminate complications at the time of navigating the time-consuming and costly process of FedRAMP compliance.

FREMONT, CA: Quzara LLC has launched a proprietary FedRAMP Readiness Assessment Tool (FRAT) to help SaaS, ISV, and tech providers cut complexity while navigating the time-consuming and expensive process of FedRAMP compliance. Independent Software Vendors (ISV) and Cloud Service Providers (CSP) who use Cloud Infrastructure, provide services to the United States (US) Government clients demonstrating FedRAMP compliance. The company developed FRAT as a way to help businesses gauge their current FedRAMP readiness in a rapid, self-service manner, saving those companies both time and money. 

Quzara developed FRAT as a unique, self-paced assessment tool, guiding customers through the process of assessment: exposing gaps and areas that need attention. FRAT is a Web application that respondents go through, around a hundred controls carefully selected by Quzara to help understand current security capabilities and core FedRAMP requirements. After businesses finish their self-assessment, Quzara does a complimentary workshop to walk them through the identified gaps, roadmaps, and remediation dashboard for creating a plan of action centered on compliance. Customers use these conclusions to do budget allocations, engineering prioritization, along with determining and managing customer expectations.

FRAT' features are to deliver key controls Readiness Assessment, based on requirements for FedRAMP Moderate or FedRAMP Ready status. Companies will know where they stand. It is self-paced, allowing customers to work on content when it is convenient for them. FRAT is cloud-based. It is hosted on AWS GovCloud and features multi-factor authentication for all users by employing FIPS 140-2 encryption for data at rest and other security controls. FRAT requests access to the completed questionnaire for analyzing the results to begin advising implementation strategies to help clients achieve the level of compliance they seek in an open and transparent process.

Quzara is a consulting organization that focuses on Cloud Security and FedRAMP Advisory services. The company's leadership team represents years of service and dedication that helps companies successfully navigate the maze of FedRAMP Authorizations. Additionally, Quzara provides specialized cloud security services, risk assessments, application security source code reviews for Government and commercial customers.