FedRAMP Compliance Services
A federal agency or a partner asks whether your platform is FedRAMP Certified, and the work starts there. CyberCrest's FedRAMP security experts prepare cloud service providers for certification under the Consolidated Rules for 2026, across the whole route: the first gap assessment, the Certification Package, and the reporting that runs after a certification is issued. CyberCrest acts as your advisor; a separate FedRAMP Recognized independent assessment service performs the assessment.
METHODOLOGY
Our FedRAMP Compliance Methodology
FedRAMP's getting-started guidance runs a provider through three stages: preparation, initial implementation, and ongoing certification. The FedRAMP compliance process at CyberCrest maps onto them: step one is preparation, steps two and three are initial implementation, and step four is ongoing certification.
Gap Assessment
Everything after this step is ordered by what it finds. CyberCrest measures your platform against the rules for the certification class you are aiming at.
Remediation Support
The findings from step one are closed here, in the order the gap assessment put them in. Nothing moves to the assessment step until the requirements a certification depends on are in place and the evidence for them exists.
Independent Assessment Support
Your assessment is performed by a FedRAMP Recognized independent assessment service, not by CyberCrest. CyberCrest helps your organization get the material ready and prepares your team for the assessor's requests. While the assessment runs, your team gives the answers with CyberCrest alongside, and you work through what it raises together.
Compliance Maintenance
This step begins the day a certification is issued and has no end date. CyberCrest helps you keep the documentation, the evidence, and the reporting current, so the next assessment starts from a maintained package rather than from scratch.
SERVICES
Our FedRAMP Consulting Services
CyberCrest sells FedRAMP compliance support for business as four offerings. The four steps are the order the work runs in; these four are the pieces you can put on a statement of work. You can buy all four or only the ones your organization cannot cover, and how much of the security program already exists is what decides the split.
DELIVERABLES
What You Receive from a FedRAMP Engagement
Proposals are easier to compare when you know what you will be holding at the end. CyberCrest's FedRAMP package preparation services leave you with five documents. Two are the engagement's own working documents, which CyberCrest writes and you keep. The other three are the Certification Package and the two sets of material that go into it: your team writes them, and CyberCrest sets out what each has to contain and reviews the drafts against the rules. How much of each already exists is what decides the size of the engagement.
WHY US
Why Choose CyberCrest for FedRAMP Advisory Services
CyberCrest acts in one capacity and says which. FedRAMP's guidance on choosing a certification class tells a provider entering the federal market that in most situations it should start at Class A. FedRAMP describes that class as designed for existing commercial products that already have a "SOC 2 Type II certification and a mature security program." Whatever your security posture, the question is which firm takes you the rest of the way.
One Capacity, Stated Up Front
FedRAMP's rules for advisory services put it plainly: "Advisory services are not independent assessment services!" CyberCrest acts only as your advisor on FedRAMP, and says so: your assessment is performed by a FedRAMP Recognized independent assessment service, engaged separately from the firm that prepared you.
Experts in the Frameworks Around Yours
CyberCrest is a PCI DSS Qualified Security Assessor Company, a CMMC Registered Practitioner Organization, and an Authorized External Assessor Organization for HITRUST. When a FedRAMP program sits alongside SOC 2 or ISO 27001 work, it is the same team.
Four Years, Over 100 Engagements
CyberCrest has been in business four years, has delivered over 100 client engagements across multiple industries, and has served clients in the United States, Canada, Europe, and APAC. The firm is headquartered in Encinitas, California.
Tech-Enabled, with No Platform to Adopt
CyberCrest uses compliance tooling and sells no platform of its own. FedRAMP's guidance for providers choosing an advisor notes that some advisors offer proprietary platforms, scripts, or tools that could aid in automating the security artifact lifecycle; that is a real option, and CyberCrest has taken the other road on purpose. The documents and the evidence are yours from the first day, with nothing to adopt and nothing to migrate off later.
TESTIMONIALS
Hear from Our Clients
I have worked with CyberCrest on multiple compliance engagements over the past several years including HITRUST, NIS 2 and ISO 27001. Without exception, CyberCrest has consistently exceeded expectations for my clients through a combination of highly experienced consultants, and a practical approach to achieving compliance. They are willing to roll up their sleeves and help organizations fully understand and address their compliance challenges, not just function as external auditors.
“I have used the CyberCrest team for a variety of critical information security compliance engagements over the years including successfully attaining ISO 27001 and HITRUST certifications. All of our engagements have exceeded expectations!”
"We have worked with CyberCrest on multiple penetration testing and cybersecurity risk and maturity assessments. The CyberCrest team has consistently produced high quality deliverables at fair prices. We give their client prospects our strongest recommendation."
ABOUT FEDRAMP
About FedRAMP
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), established within the General Services Administration, gives federal agencies a standardized approach to the security assessment of cloud products and services. One assessment can then be reused instead of each agency starting again. A cloud service provider (CSP) seeking certification works to the FedRAMP requirements that apply to its certification type and class.
The current rule set is the Consolidated Rules for 2026, and it covers two certification types. The legacy Rev5 type draws its security controls from the NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5 catalog; the modern 20x type is organized around Key Security Indicators instead. Which type a CSP is on decides what the requirements ask for.
WHO NEEDS FEDRAMP
Who Needs FedRAMP, from Large Platforms to Small Cloud Providers
FedRAMP applies to the platform, not to the size of the organization behind it. To be listed on the Marketplace and certified at all, a cloud platform needs a direct or indirect government-wide use case: either multiple federal agencies use it directly, or it sits inside another cloud service that they do use. CyberCrest offers FedRAMP compliance services for small companies as well as for large platforms.
RELATED SERVICES
Compliance Beyond FedRAMP
CyberCrest's FedRAMP cybersecurity compliance services sit alongside its work on SOC 2, ISO 27001, HITRUST, PCI DSS, CMMC, and NIST 800-171. The three listed here are the ones that come up inside a FedRAMP engagement, and what they produce belongs in the same evidence set.
Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to get FedRAMP certified?
There is no standard duration, because the parts that take time sit on your side: how many security requirements are already met, how fast remediation moves, and when your independent assessment is scheduled. FedRAMP's own guidance on the review process gives a target rather than a commitment. It aims to make an initial decision within 30 days of an application, states that this is not a service-level agreement, and stops counting while it is waiting for something from you.
How much does FedRAMP certification cost?
Nobody can quote this from a page. What it costs depends on how much of your organization's environment is inside the boundary, how many security requirements are already met, and which certification type and class you are aiming at. Your independent assessment is a separate cost, paid to the assessment service rather than to a consultant. A call that helps you scope the boundary is how you get to a number.
Do we need an agency sponsor?
Not always, and this is the thing that changed. A sponsor is required only on the Agency Certification path, which is the legacy route and available only for the Rev5 certification type. On the Program Certification path, FedRAMP reviews the platform directly, and that is the route a 20x certification takes.
Can the same company perform our FedRAMP advisory and our independent assessment?
FedRAMP's guidance on advisory services allows it, with a condition. The same company may provide both advisory services and independent assessment services, but must clearly state which capacity it is acting in at all times while participating in the FedRAMP Certification process. It also warns providers about advisory firms that market themselves as independent assessment services without performing the assessments. CyberCrest acts only as your advisor, so the question does not arise on a CyberCrest engagement.
Is a penetration test required for FedRAMP?
It depends on your type and class. For the legacy Rev5 type, penetration testing is one of the controls a FedRAMP independent assessment covers at least once a year from Class B upward. That means CA-08 (Penetration Testing) at Class B, and CA-08 (01) and CA-08 (02) both at Class C and Class D. For the 20x type, every class from Class B upward covers all Key Security Indicators. CyberCrest's penetration testing services are one way to produce that evidence.
Does FedRAMP require U.S. citizenship?
Not as a blanket rule. The control that requires citizenship is MA-05 (03), which applies to personnel performing maintenance and diagnostic activities on a system that processes, stores, or transmits classified information. A related control, MA-05 (01), explicitly allows for maintenance personnel who are not U.S. citizens. FedRAMP's maintenance controls set nothing stricter than that, so a broader requirement would come from somewhere other than FedRAMP.
What does a FedRAMP consultant do?
FedRAMP defines an advisor as an entity that helps a provider understand, prepare for or maintain FedRAMP Certification without replacing the provider's responsibility or the assessor's independence. In practice, that is helping you scope the boundary, measuring the platform against the rules, guiding your engineers as they close the gaps, reviewing the package before you submit it, and supporting the reporting and reassessment afterward. The assessment itself is performed by someone else.
What is an Authorization to Operate (ATO)?
An ATO is a federal agency's decision to run a federal information system, made by that agency for its own use of a product. FedRAMP does not grant ATOs. A FedRAMP Certification says that adequate security materials exist for an agency to use in its own decision, which is why a certification and an ATO are two different things and both can be asked of you.
