TECHFORGE | ATO as a Service.  

Providing embedded cybersecurity subject matter expertise to operational product teams, TECHFORGE does the heavy lifting to analyze and condense security requirements, manage ongoing coordination with the approval authority, generate authorization package documents, and streamline the entire Authority to Operate (ATO) process for your team; improving your Security Posture and freeing up the customer team to focus on product delivery, not on authorization assessments and compliance management. 

Our team has extensive experience with most major Software as a Service (SaaS) security products, the top three cloud environments, and deep domain knowledge of the constantly evolving DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) landscape; including NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, and FedRAMP. We leverage that expertise to expedite FedRAMP / RMF processes, rapidly facilitate approval of your product's authorization package documents, and deploy automated continuous monitoring for your on-premises and Cloud-hosted information systems.

• Authorization Package Document Generation: TECHFORGE manages the requirements collection and generation of all authorization package documents (such as the System Security Plan, Architecture Topologies, Configuration Plans, CONOPS, POA&Ms, etc.) for you. We identify where your program can leverage common inherited controls and protections to tailor your plans and help you focus on security controls that are your responsibility. 

• Program Policy Documentation: TECHFORGE works with the program management, product owners, and technical SMEs to develop robust program management policies and procedures to enable effective and efficient operations for the full lifecycle of the program. E.g. Change Management, Product Evaluation, Agile DevOps, Incident Response Planning, Disaster Recovery & Continuity of Operations, Identity and Access Management Planning, etc. 

• Continuous Monitoring Implementation: TECHFORGE coordinates with the program DevOps SME's and Cloud Service Providers to implement the automation of continuous monitoring tools and services on your behalf; providing your security team with consolidated dashboards for operational visibility of security controls and integrated incident response.

• Elevated Security Insight: By taking on the burden of managing your ATO efforts, TECHFORGE frees up the product team to focus on developing exceptional products and management to focus on identifying market opportunities and levering the Security Insights to make better risk-based technical, policy, and financial decisions.

TECHFORGE Solutions brings critical expertise to the table to simplify the process of gathering requirements, system protection design, documenting / updating / managing program plans, and managing / testing implementation solutions.

TECHFORGE Solutions provides the critical SME guidance, managed processes, and proven expertise to get the job done, and done right.