Meet Snyk for Government: Our developer security solution with FedRAMP ATO

The Snyk team is excited to announce that our FedRAMP sponsor, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), has granted authorization (ATO), enabling their teams to leverage our public sector offering, Snyk for Government (SFG). This stage signifies that we are almost at the finish line of the FedRAMP process and points to our continued investment and support of public sector organizations in their application security efforts.

Continue reading to learn more about SFG and the next steps toward our formal FedRAMP authorization.

Why Snyk is prioritizing security for the public sector 

Because innovative applications play such an integral role in offering services to citizens and helping agencies realize their missions, securing the application development process and software supply chain and achieving a security-first technology mindset is critical. When public sector agencies prioritize productivity and innovation with security at the forefront of their minds, their development process can offer the best possible results to their constituents. Striking this balance can be challenging in practice, especially within the government community, which is why Snyk offers powerful solutions that make it achievable.

With the right developer security controls, teams can increase their visibility and context over the entire software supply chain—a key recommendation in the foundational Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (Executive Order 14028). A strong developer security approach also directly benefits constituents, as it helps mitigate application downtime and protect citizens’ most valuable assets. 

What is Snyk for Government (SFG)?

Snyk for government is our tailored offering of Snyk Enterprise for public sector agencies. It offers the best of Snyk’s solutions but under specific security controls for the public sector. Through SFG, security teams can meet ever-changing compliance requirements, fulfill government-issued mandates, and provide safe and effective citizen service, further helping them achieve their missions with:

• A shift-left developer platform that empowers developers to secure code as they build with in-line scanning. 

• The ability to design secure software supply chains from the start, powered by capabilities to discover and compile third-party resources into an SBOM in seconds. 

• Access to industry-leading security intelligence, including up-to-date insights on vulnerabilities, compliance, and more.

• Security for AI-written code, fulfilling White House AI safety recommendations.

• Controls for various areas of the modern development environment, including proprietary code, open source dependencies, container images, and cloud infrastructure.

Next steps in our FedRAMP journey

Achieving FedRAMP is part of our commitment to support public sector organizations as they embrace modern, developer-centric security. We have worked closely with our sponsor, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), until this point of successfully obtaining an ATO. Next, we will move to the final step, our FedRAMP Moderate PMO review. 

By achieving FedRAMP Moderate Impact authorization, we aim to quantitatively demonstrate our commitment to supporting U.S. agencies, ultimately enabling these public sector organizations to confidently adopt Snyk. 

Look into the latest status of our authorization or request our package on our Snyk for Government information page.