Event
Accelerating FedRAMP ATO and Maximizing Success in the Federal Market
October 31, 2024
Carahsoft Café | Reston, VA
FedRAMP Essentials Workshop: Best practices for ISVs in achieving ATO
Join Coalfire® and Carahsoft® for an in-depth FedRAMP® Essentials Workshop, featuring Karen Laughton, Coalfire’s EVP, Cyber Advisory Services. This event will include key insights into the FedRAMP program with best practices for accelerating your path to achieving Authority to Operate (ATO). Lunch is included as well as an afternoon networking happy hour.
This workshop covers the roles of key players such as federal agencies, cloud service providers (CSPs), third-party assessment organizations (3PAOs), the FedRAMP Program Management Office (PMO), and the FedRAMP Board. It also details the path to FedRAMP Authority to Operate (ATO), and discusses the importance of continuous monitoring post-authorization, highlighting regular reporting, vulnerability scanning, and adherence to NIST controls to ensure ongoing compliance and security of cloud services handling federal data.
KAREN LAUGHTON, EVP, Cyber Advisory Services | Coalfire
Karen Laughton is Executive Vice President of Cyber Advisory Services. Throughout her extensive experience in IT security and compliance leadership roles, she has worked closely with government agencies as they shift towards cloud adoption and with cloud service providers as they endeavor to meet federal, state, and local government requirements. Karen has compliance experience across the public and private sector, including within financial services, healthcare, and international markets. Karen leads a team of dedicated cybersecurity professionals strive to improve the overall security posture of clients and navigate compliance with various standards such as FedRAMP, FISMA, Department of Defense (DoD) Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG), NIST 800-171/CMMC, NIST CSF, HITRUST, ISO, SOC, and PCI.
