FedRAMP Moderate
What is FedRAMP Moderate?
FedRAMP Moderate baseline. Federal cloud service authorization built on NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 with FedRAMP-specific parameters.. It comprises 323 controls organised across 18 domains, and applies in the United States.
How FedRAMP Moderate maps to other frameworks
All 323 controls, each one mapped to the equivalent requirement in other standards, with the evidence that carries across and the mappings that were judged and rejected shown alongside. No account needed to look.
See the control mappings →The 18 domains FedRAMP Moderate groups its controls into
Frameworks that share controls with FedRAMP Moderate
Each of these has at least one control mapped to a control in FedRAMP Moderate. The number is how many FedRAMP Moderate controls are shared, counted from the mapping graph.
Implementation guides for frameworks that overlap FedRAMP Moderate
Where FedRAMP Moderate overlaps with the standards you already hold
Where to get trained on FedRAMP Moderate
2 courses in the catalogue cover FedRAMP Moderate directly. Each is self-paced, includes the downloadable toolkit and the implementation playbook, and carries a certificate of completion.
Training more than one person? Ten seats of any course is $1,490 on a single licence, against $199 a seat bought one at a time.
What an auditor will ask you for
All 323 FedRAMP Moderate controls, each with what it requires, the artefacts an auditor will ask you for, and where it commonly fails. Free to read, nothing to fill in.
Read the FedRAMP Moderate evidence request listWhat FedRAMP Moderate means in your sector
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Questions people ask about FedRAMP Moderate
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How do I get started with FedRAMP Moderate compliance?
Query FedRAMP Moderate programmatically
FedRAMP Moderate, its 323 controls and every mapping into other standards are available over a REST endpoint and an MCP server, so an agent can read them directly. The free tier is 10 calls a day and needs no signup.
FedRAMP Moderate API reference and MCP config →What FedRAMP Moderate requires, control by control
Each page carries the requirement text for one FedRAMP Moderate control and what an assessor expects to see as evidence.
- AC-1 Policy and Procedures
- AC-11 Device Lock
- AC-12 Session Termination
- AC-14 Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication
- AC-17 Remote Access
- AC-18 Wireless Access
- AC-19 Access Control for Mobile Devices
- AC-2 Account Management
- AC-20 Use of External Systems
- AC-21 Information Sharing
How much of another standard FedRAMP Moderate already covers
Each crosswalk is judged control by control, and the mappings that were rejected are kept alongside the ones that held.
- ACSC Essential Eight to FedRAMP Moderate crosswalk
- ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0) to FedRAMP Moderate crosswalk
- FedRAMP Moderate to APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System crosswalk
- APRA CPS 230 Operational Risk Management to FedRAMP Moderate crosswalk
- APRA CPS 234 to FedRAMP Moderate crosswalk
- ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents to FedRAMP Moderate crosswalk
- Australia Consumer Data Right - Banking (CDR) to FedRAMP Moderate crosswalk
- Australia My Health Records Act 2012 to FedRAMP Moderate crosswalk
How ready are you for FedRAMP Moderate?
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