# FedRAMP for Agency Buyers: Package Due Diligence and Cloud Security Program Management (Advanced) Course (Self-Paced)

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## Overview

This advanced course moves beyond FedRAMP process knowledge to execution mastery in deep authorization package due diligence, CSP penetration test report assessment, POA&M health evaluation, customer responsibility negotiation, inherited control gap management, and enterprise cloud security governance. Participants work through complete FedRAMP authorization package reviews, develop agency-specific risk acceptance frameworks, build monitoring programs for FedRAMP-authorized services, and design the governance structures that manage cloud security risk across multi-CSP federal enterprise portfolios.

## What you'll learn

- Conduct a comprehensive FedRAMP authorization package due-diligence review, including SSP completeness, SAR quality, POA&M health, and CRM coverage.
- Analyze a FedRAMP penetration test report, assess findings against agency risk tolerance, and develop a risk acceptance memo.
- Develop agency-specific customer responsibility documentation that closes identified CRM gaps and satisfies the agency’s own ATO requirements.
- Build a continuous monitoring program for a FedRAMP-authorized service, including CSP deliverable tracking, agency ConMon obligations, and escalation procedures.
- Manage FedRAMP authorization lifecycle events, including significant change notifications, annual assessments, and reauthorization triggers.
- Design a cloud incident response coordination framework between agency security operations and CSP incident response teams.
- Build an enterprise cloud security governance structure with portfolio risk management, vendor oversight, and executive reporting.
- Apply FedRAMP High baseline requirements and DoD IL4/IL5 extensions for sensitive mission workloads.

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $2049
