Compliance Colleague · Standards · United States

FedRAMP: cited answers and gap reviews

An AI compliance assistant for cloud providers selling to the US federal government · updated 2026-10-03

FedRAMP authorizes cloud services for US federal use. Compliance Colleague follows the 2026 Consolidated Rules and FedRAMP 20x, and helps with the authorization package, boundary definition and continuous monitoring.

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What it covers

The 2026 Consolidated Rules (CR26) and Certification Classes A to D
FedRAMP 20x and Key Security Indicators
SSP, SAP, SAR, POA&M and CIS/CRM workbooks
3PAO assessments and continuous monitoring
System boundary definition and architecture reviews

Questions you can ask

“What is the difference between a Certification Class and an impact level?”
“What does FedRAMP 20x change about the authorization path?”
“What belongs inside our authorization boundary?”

Every answer cites the FedRAMP requirement, article or control it rests on, so you can check it in seconds.

What you can upload for review

An authorization boundary diagram checked for missing interconnections
An SSP section checked against the controls it claims
A POA&M (Excel) checked for late or vague items

Files: PDF, Word, Excel or CSV, Visio (.vsdx), draw.io, or an image such as a screenshot. Choose a full review, a prioritized fix list (each gap with its fix and the evidence an assessor will expect) or a short summary, and download the result as Word or PDF.

Crosswalk FedRAMP to other standards

With FedRAMP in your plan you can compare it against any standard in the library and see where they align and exactly where they don’t. Common pairings:

What it’s built from

Compliance Colleague carries the official text and checks its answers against it: FedRAMP Consolidated Rules for 2026 (CR26), machine-readable rules (FedRAMP PMO, US General Services Administration); FedRAMP documentation (fedramp.gov, CR26) (FedRAMP PMO, US General Services Administration); FedRAMP Rev5 Security Controls Baseline workbook (Low, Moderate, High, LI-SaaS) (FedRAMP PMO, US General Services Administration).

Re-checked every month for new versions, deadlines and penalty changes. Full list on the sources page.

More United States standards

NIST CSF · NIST SP 800-53 · NIST AI RMF · CMMC 2.0 · HIPAA · CCPA / CPRA · ITAR · EAR · TSA Security Directives · Section 508

Compliance Colleague covers 30+ security, privacy and AI governance standards. It reviews policies, spreadsheets and diagrams and answers questions with the clause cited; your judgment and sign-off stay with you. Try it free, no card required →

Research aid, not legal or audit advice, and not an audit opinion or certification. Verify findings against the official text before relying on them.