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FedRAMP ATO Accelerator

Deploy in GovCloud. Certify under FedRAMP 20x.

A proven path through the Consolidated Rules for 2026: the GovCloud boundary built as code, the controls implemented where an assessor can read them, and the machine-readable certification package produced from your running system. Built for startups that want their first federal contract without hiring a compliance department.

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You talk directly with the engineer who does the work. No salespeople.

package.oscal.json machine-readable
{
  "system-security-plan": {
    "control-implementation": {
      "by-components": [
        { "component": "AC-2",
          "props": [
            { "name": "implementation-status",
              "value": "implemented" } ] } ] } },
  "manifest": {
    "artifacts": [ { "name": "ssp", "sha256": "9f4c…e2a1" } ] }
}
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System Security Plan human-readable
AC-2 · ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT

IAM roles are provisioned from an approved catalog and reconciled to live directory state on each run. Accounts outside the catalog are flagged and disabled within the authorization boundary.

Verified against live state · 2026-07-18 14:22 UTC 9f4c…e2a1

Illustrative. OSCAL SSP shown; the 20x record is the Security Decision Record, built on Key Security Indicators.

What changed in 2026

The Consolidated Rules for 2026 rewrote how a cloud service gets certified. Three changes matter to a startup.

No sponsor

A 20x Program Certification does not require a federal agency to sponsor you. FedRAMP itself reviews and certifies. The old blocker, find an agency first, is gone.

Data, not documents

Under 20x, the certification package is machine-readable data generated from your live system. A document stack written by hand is the old world.

Real deadlines

Every CR26 requirement becomes mandatory on January 1, 2027. FedRAMP stops accepting Rev5 applications on June 11, 2027. New entrants start on 20x.

What you get

Every engagement produces the same artifacts, in your accounts, under your control.

A multi-account GovCloud foundation Accounts, network, identity, logging, and encryption, stood up as Terraform from day one.
A boundary that matches your system The authorization boundary is drawn from what you actually run, not from a diagram of what you might.
Controls implemented in code Each control the framework requires lands in the Terraform, where an assessor can read it and a pipeline can prove it.
The machine-readable package The 20x certification package, generated from the system as built and kept consistent with it.
Evidence that regenerates Evidence comes from the live environment. When the system changes, the evidence follows it.
Everything is yours The code, the accounts, the package. Access is granted by you and ends with the engagement. No platform sits between you and your certification.

The dashed line is the point: everything up to submission lives in your accounts, and it stays there when the engagement ends.

Built for startups going federal

We work best with teams that:

Run on AWS
Are pursuing their first ATO
Prefer code to spreadsheets
Sell to agencies or to primes

If that is you, the path is shorter than you think.

How can we help?

Compliance engineers, not a SaaS tool and not an audit firm. We build; your assessor assesses.

Free

Readiness assessment

Know exactly where you stand. We review your system and hand you the map: certification class, track, and the gaps between your architecture and the boundary it needs.

  • Certification class and track
  • Boundary and control gaps
  • You keep the map
  • No commitment
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Fixed-scope phases

ATO engagement

The build. GovCloud as code, the controls implemented, the package generated and submitted. Scope and price are fixed per phase, and a single phase is a fine place to start.

  • Deliverables defined before work begins
  • A shared channel with the engineer
  • Weekly cadence, full transparency
  • Everything lands in your accounts
Scope an engagement

Or start with a paid consultation: $500, booked and paid in one step.

After certification

Ongoing compliance

Certification is a state, not an event. We keep the evidence pipelines current, watch drift against the boundary, and maintain the package as your system changes.

  • Evidence stays regenerating
  • Drift watched against the baseline
  • Package maintained through change
Ask about ongoing

Start from a scoped path. Certify from a running system.

  1. We scope the path One conversation covers your system, your data flows, and your timeline. It ends with the certification class and track that fit, and a scoped price.
  2. We build the boundary The GovCloud environment goes up as Terraform in your accounts, with the controls implemented in the code.
  3. You run your system Your product deploys into the boundary. The environment is yours to operate from the first commit.
  4. We produce the package The certification package is generated from the system as built and submitted under the 20x process. Support continues through certification.

You get a certified boundary without pausing product work to build one.

Because the alternative is doing it twice

Avoid the package assessors reject

A package assembled once drifts from the system it describes the day it is finished, and a rejected package means doing the work again. A package generated from the live system cannot drift. It comes from the same state the assessor inspects.

Avoid rebuilding for compliance later

An architecture that meets the controls from day one never needs the expensive second build. The boundary is designed for the certification, not retrofitted to it.

Illustrative · what regenerating evidence looks like

Common questions

Do we need an agency sponsor?

Not on the 20x track. A Program Certification is issued by FedRAMP directly, with no sponsoring agency. Agencies then reuse the certification to grant their own authorizations.

What is CR26?

The FedRAMP Consolidated Rules for 2026: the machine-readable rule set that now governs certification. Every requirement in it becomes mandatory on January 1, 2027.

Rev5 or 20x?

New entrants start on 20x for classes A through C, where the Program Certification is the only path. The exception is class D, the tightest tier: its 20x path is planned for 2027, and until it opens a class D certification runs through Rev5 with an agency. FedRAMP stops accepting Rev5 applications on June 11, 2027.

Do you work with our existing team?

Yes, and it works best that way. Your engineers keep operating the system; we build alongside them in a shared channel. Everything we produce is code they can read, run, and change after we leave.

Can we start small?

The readiness assessment is free and stands on its own. After it, a single fixed-scope phase is a normal way to begin. Nothing obligates the next phase.

What does it cost?

Price is scoped on the consultation, by system and by certification class. There is no platform subscription. You pay for the engagement and keep everything it produces.

See your path before you commit.

The assessment is free, it maps your system to a certification class and a track, and you keep the map either way. Tell us what you run through the contact form; it is a Google Form, hosted by Google.

Book a free readiness assessment

No pressure and no sales deck. One engineer, your architecture, an hour.

Ready to work now? Book a paid consultation — pick a time and pay in one step, $500, hosted by Google Calendar.