FedRAMP has long been the backbone of how U.S. federal agencies evaluate and trust cloud services. For more than a decade, it has provided a standardized approach to assessing security controls, granting authorizations, and maintaining ongoing oversight. Yet as cloud architectures evolved, software delivery accelerated, and agencies increasingly relied on modern DevSecOps practices, the original FedRAMP model began to show its age.
With the launch of Phase Two of the 20x pilot, the program has moved beyond experimentation and into a more consequential stage that will shape how cloud services are authorized across the federal government in the coming years.
