Eric Mill, Executive Director of Cloud Security at the General Services Administration (GSA), discussed the significance of the new FedRAMP roadmap at the ATO and Cloud Security Summit. He emphasized that the roadmap represents a strategic response to common stakeholder concerns regarding time, cost and program effectiveness. Mill highlighted the importance of transparency and engagement, encouraging cloud providers and agencies to actively participate and collaborate with GSA. He also outlined four primary goals of the roadmap: enhancing customer experience, improving cybersecurity, fostering leadership and developing a trusted marketplace. Additionally, Mill discussed the introduction of new customer-oriented program metrics designed to better measure the impact of FedRAMP processes and policies. He addressed the emerging technology prioritization framework, noting that while artificial intelligence (AI) is a major focus, the framework is designed to be flexible and adaptable to other future technologies. Mill concluded by stressing the need for expanded capacity and talent acquisition to support FedRAMP's goals, including new hires in data science and machine learning.
Key Takeaways:
- The new FedRAMP roadmap aims to address stakeholder concerns about time, cost, and program efficiency through increased transparency and public engagement.
- GSA will introduce new metrics to better evaluate the impact of FedRAMP processes on customer experience and program effectiveness.
- The emerging technology prioritization framework is designed to be adaptable to various future technologies, not just AI, and focuses on flexible, long-term prioritization strategies.