Federal Information Security Modernization Act — the legislative basis for the NIST RMF lifecycle in the US federal government.
All federal civilian agencies and their information systems.
Continuous evidence pipeline available; audit support included for all customers.
These are the obligations a regulated entity owes — the things an assessor or supervisor will ask about.
Annual agency CIO and Inspector General reports to OMB on the state of agency information security.
Adoption of NIST 800-53 and the Risk Management Framework (NIST 800-37).
FIPS 199 system categorisation (Low / Moderate / High) and FIPS 200 minimum controls.
Continuous monitoring strategy per OMB M-19-03 and M-22-09.
Each requirement above is bound to live telemetry — not screenshots. The mapping below is what your auditor or regulator sees.
Inherits FedRAMP-authorised baselines; FISMA reporting is the agency layer above.
Reporting templates pre-populated from underlying NIST 800-53 telemetry.
Each evidence artifact is signed and timestamped. Auditors can verify integrity without trusting Safeguard.
Annual FISMA report data pack.
Quarterly CDM-aligned metrics exports.
These frameworks share substantial control overlap with FISMA. Customers running one assessment typically satisfy the others with the same evidence base.
North America
Federal cloud authorisation for systems handling High-impact CUI and mission data.
North America
The canonical federal information system controls catalogue — the source for FedRAMP, FISMA, and most US sovereign baselines.
North America
The 2021 Executive Order that introduced SBOM mandates, zero-trust architecture targets, and software vendor attestation requirements.
Bring the framework. We'll walk the controls with you — section by section, evidence packet by evidence packet, with the regulators you actually have to answer to.