Cloud providers and Managed Service Providers are increasingly looking to expand their potential client base and instill trust with their existing partners. One way they do this is through meeting compliance audits and standards in areas like healthcare and government (like FedRAMP or HIPAA), and the more stringent and comprehensive the better. That’s why many cloud providers look to federal compliance and contract work.

FedRAMP compliance, required for cloud providers in the federal space, isn’t an easy standard to meet. It requires working closely with an authorized security partner and meeting the exacting security IT control standards outlined in NIST Special Publication 800-53. 

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Large enterprise organizations, federal contractors, and SMBs alike wrestle with security and compliance on a daily basis. Often, the demands of responsive business operations run up against the demands of risk management, governance, and compliance in regulated industries like government, healthcare, and finance. This is no more true than when it comes to mobile devices and mobile endpoint security.

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Some security regulations and recommendations, like FedRAMP, FIPS, or HIPAA, are required of any managed service providers working in specific industries like government or healthcare. Others, like Service Organization Control (SOC) compliance, are not always necessary but help demonstrate that security controls are in place to protect client data. Because of this fact, they are an essential part of an MSPs auditing structure.

Learn more about why your MSP should be using SOC auditing and compliance as part of its business model.

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