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Qualys receives FedRAMP ATO

Another company was authorized this month to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Qualys was authorized Nov. 2 for use by the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Another company received authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program this month.

Qualys Cloud Platform was authorized Nov. 2 for use by the Department of Health and Human Services.

“The federal government is now moving at an accelerated pace toward cloud-based solutions to achieve greater scale and significant cost reduction,” Philippe Courtot, chairman and CEO, Qualys, Inc., said in a release Thursday.

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It took the company about 18 months to get certified, according to Mark Hutnan, vice president and general manager of U.S. federal operations at Qualys.

It is worth noting, however, that the company did not participate in FedRAMP Accelerated, Hutnan said. The accelerated system was designed to shorten the time to authorization.

FedRAMP authorized Microsoft’s Customer Relationship Manager Online — the first provider to receive a provisional ATO under the Accelerated program — Sept. 22. after only 15 weeks.

The goal for the new accelerated process is to get companies authorized in less than six months, FedRAMP Director Matt Goodrich said at the time.

Samantha Ehlinger

Written by Samantha Ehlinger

Samantha Ehlinger is a technology reporter for FedScoop. Her work has appeared in the Houston Chronicle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and several McClatchy papers, including Miami Herald and The State. She was a part of a McClatchy investigative team for the “Irradiated” project on nuclear worker conditions, which won a McClatchy President’s Award. She is a graduate of Texas Christian University. Contact Samantha via email at samantha.ehlinger@fedscoop.com, or follow her on Twitter at @samehlinger. Subscribe to the Daily Scoop for stories like this in your inbox every morning by signing up here: fdscp.com/sign-me-on.

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