Beyond Point-in-Time Assessments
Traditional Authority to Operate (ATO) assessments are snapshots—they tell you compliance status on a specific day but provide no visibility into what happens between assessments. With infrastructure changing constantly, this approach creates significant blind spots.
The Continuous Authorization Model
Continuous authorization represents a fundamental shift from periodic assessment to ongoing validation. Instead of proving compliance once per year, you demonstrate it continuously through automated testing and evidence collection.
How Continuous Monitoring Works
Our continuous authorization platform implements several key capabilities:
- Automated Control Testing: Controls are tested on schedules ranging from real-time to daily, depending on risk level
- Deviation Detection: When a control falls out of compliance, alerts trigger immediately
- Evidence Logging: Every test result is logged with timestamps, creating an audit trail
- Risk Scoring: Continuous calculation of overall compliance posture
Real-Time Visibility
Dashboards provide instant visibility into:
- Current compliance percentage across all control families
- Controls trending toward non-compliance
- Historical compliance over time
- Comparison against assessment thresholds
FedRAMP 20x Alignment
FedRAMP 20x's core principle is "authorize once, monitor continuously." Our platform is built specifically for this model:
- Continuous ATO: Maintain authorization status through ongoing validation
- Automated Reporting: Generate required ConMon deliverables automatically
- Agency Visibility: Provide agency customers with real-time compliance dashboards
Reducing Assessment Burden
With continuous monitoring in place, annual assessments become validation exercises rather than discovery processes. 3PAOs can focus on edge cases while trusting automated evidence for routine controls.
