For FedRAMP programs

FedRAMP compliance, made boring.

Government cloud security monitoring on your ConMon cadence, with NIST SP 800-53 control mapping and exports your 3PAO can drop straight into the monthly package. No bespoke tooling, no spreadsheets.

What FedRAMP asks for

The requirements, in plain English.

ConMon

Continuous monitoring

FedRAMP requires monthly vulnerability scans, ongoing assessment, and timely POA&M updates for any cloud service used by a federal agency. Barrion runs the scans on the cadence your ConMon plan requires.
NIST 800-53

Control mapping

Findings map to RA-5 (vulnerability scanning), SI-2 (flaw remediation), CA-7 (continuous monitoring), and SC controls so your evidence lines up with the controls your 3PAO is testing.
ATO

Authorization to operate

Keep the monitoring evidence flowing between annual assessments. Exports are formatted so they drop straight into your SSP appendices and monthly ConMon submissions.
How Barrion fits in

How Barrion supports FedRAMP compliance.

ConMon cadence

Scans on your ConMon schedule

Monthly or more frequent scans against your authorization boundary, with results timestamped and retained so you can prove the cadence was actually met.
Assessment

Production-safe vulnerability scanning

Default scans don't submit forms or hit state-changing routes. You can run them against the live boundary without breaking customer data or tripping incident response.
Evidence

Audit-ready exports

PDF and CSV exports with finding, severity, affected asset, control mapping, and remediation status. Hand them to your 3PAO or attach them to the monthly ConMon package.
Detection

Alerting that fits incident response

New critical or high findings page the right channel (Slack, Teams, email, webhook) so your incident response plan has something real to trigger on.
The approach

Continuous evidence, not a fire drill.

FedRAMP isn't a one-time audit. It's a continuous evidence machine, and the parts that usually fall over are the ones that depend on someone remembering to run a scan, save the output, attach it to the right ConMon package, and update the POA&M. Barrion runs the scans on the cadence your ConMon plan defines, keeps the artifacts, and maps every finding to the NIST control your 3PAO is testing against, so the evidence assembles itself.

The exports are deterministic and timestamped. The remediation steps are concrete enough that the engineer who owns the surface can act on them in the same sprint. And because the scans are production-safe by default, the monitoring lives in your real authorization boundary instead of a stale copy of it.

  • ✓Monthly+ scans against your authorization boundary, retained as immutable artifacts
  • ✓Findings mapped to RA-5, SI-2, CA-7, and relevant SC controls
  • ✓PDF and CSV exports that drop into your ConMon submission
  • ✓Alerting on new criticals so incident response has something real to trigger on
  • ✓Trend data scan-over-scan to show your assessor the program is working
Evidence example

A NIST control mapping, for the ConMon package.

A typical Barrion FedRAMP evidence export, ready to attach to your audit package:

{
  "boundary_protection_check": "SC-7",
  "transmission_confidentiality": "SC-8",
  "unsuccessful_logon_attempts": "AC-7",
  "vulnerability_scanning_external": "RA-5",
  "flaw_remediation_tracking": "SI-2",
  "continuous_monitoring_evidence": "CA-7"
}
FAQ

FedRAMP questions, answered.

What part of FedRAMP does Barrion actually cover?
Barrion covers the external-facing vulnerability scanning and continuous monitoring evidence requirements (RA-5, CA-7, SI-2). It is not a 3PAO, it doesn't write your SSP, and it doesn't replace authenticated internal scans on host operating systems. It does cover the web-facing attack surface of your authorization boundary, on the cadence your ConMon plan requires, with evidence formatted for submission.
Will the exports hold up in a 3PAO assessment?
Yes. Every finding is exportable with the data a 3PAO expects: finding identifier, severity, CVSS, affected asset, first-seen and last-seen timestamps, current status, remediation evidence, and the NIST control it maps to. Exports are deterministic, signed, and timestamped so you can prove evidence wasn't backfilled.
How often does Barrion produce evidence?
At minimum, monthly, which is the FedRAMP ConMon baseline for external scans. You can run more frequently (weekly or daily) on higher plans if your ConMon plan or agency requires it. Every scan is retained as an immutable evidence artifact, so the cadence itself is auditable.
Is it safe to run against a production authorization boundary?
Yes. Default scan profiles are read-only and explicitly do not submit forms, alter state, or attempt exploitation against live endpoints. They're the same profiles customers use against production SaaS without coordinating an incident response window. Aggressive profiles exist for stage environments but are off by default.
Recommended tools for FedRAMP

Tools that produce ConMon-ready evidence.

Compliance

Compliance checker

Run a FedRAMP-aware scan against your authorization boundary and see which controls hold up.
Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability scanner

Continuous external DAST evidence mapped to RA-5 and SI-2 for your monthly ConMon submission.
Audit

Security audit

The broad posture review your 3PAO expects, with NIST SP 800-53 mappings ready to attach.

Start your ConMon evidence trail.

Run your first scan against the authorization boundary, see the report, and decide if the cadence and exports fit your program. Free tier, no sales call.

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