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GOVERNMENT SYSTEM APPROVAL SUPPORT

Move your system toward government approval.

Turn a complex approval effort into a defined cybersecurity work plan, with clear responsibilities, documents and milestones for your team and partners.

What you can expect

  • A clear work package and responsibility plan
  • A better-organized set of approval materials
  • Support for reviews and continuing follow-up

What to bring to the first discussion

  • Who owns the system and makes the approval decision
  • The milestone or proposal deadline
  • The work your team and partners expect SOS to cover

The responsible government authority makes the approval decision. Support work or an assessment finding is not that approval.

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RMF / ATO and teaming support · Scope is confirmed against your requirements.

Authorization scope

  • Identify the system owner, authorizing organization and RMF / ATO milestone.
  • Define system boundaries, interfaces, inherited controls and expected artifacts.

Delivery and teaming

  • Agree on responsibility allocation, workshare and assessment support.
  • Plan SSP / POA&M work, evidence readiness and continuing monitoring within the agreed engagement.
  • Account for OT and specialized-asset constraints where applicable.
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RMF / ATO

Connect mission requirements and the system boundary to the selected control baseline, authorization evidence, and ongoing monitoring.

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Authorization workstream

  • Define the system and its dependencies, categorization inputs, and authorization strategy.
  • Allocate internal, inherited, and shared responsibilities; tailor the baseline with the authorizing organization.
  • Prepare implementation narratives, assessment evidence, findings and POA&M records.

Deliverables

  • System boundary and control-responsibility mapping.
  • SSP, assessment preparation and authorization-package support.
  • eMASS workstream coordination and continuous-monitoring plan.

What SOS needs from the customer

A system owner, authorization stakeholders, existing package artifacts, provider inheritance evidence, and access to the personnel responsible for implementation.

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