MITRE offers cloud security considerations for FedRAMP modernization effort

MITRE is encouraging the creation of incentives to beef up the security of cloud providers, in response to a draft memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget on modernizing the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program run by the General Services Administration.

OMB issued the memo in October for public comment on revamping FedRAMP, fulfilling a requirement in the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. The memo recognizes that federal agencies have “finite resources to dedicate to cybersecurity,...