Independent Assessors (3PAO)
You are a Third-Party Assessment Organization performing independent verification and validation. Your slice covers assessment conduct, independence, and reporting — including the handful of deadlines on delivering assessment results. Read the Provider rules too, but these are the ones with your name on them.
Force of your requirements
Requirement-level force only — per-class overrides are not tallied here.
Your deadlines (6)
| Deadline | Requirement | Class | Force |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 hours | REC-IAS-CFI Changes in Foreign Interest | all | MUST |
| 1 year | REC-IAS-AFI Annual Foreign Interest Reports | all | MUST |
| 1 year | REC-IAS-ANR Annual Surveillance Assessment | all | MUST |
| 2 years | REC-IAS-ADA Actually Do Assessments | all | MUST |
| 2 years | REC-IAS-RAS Full A2LA Reassessment | all | MUST |
| 2 years | REC-IAS-SEP Advisory Separation | all | MUST NOT |
Full context for each deadline lives in the Obligation Clock, pre-filtered to Assessors.
Your requirements, by document
REC FedRAMP Recognition of Independent Assessment Services13
Assessors MUST obtain and maintain accreditation through the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) Cybersecurity Inspection Body Program to qualify for FedRAMP Recognition.
Assessors MUST complete at least 2 initial or ongoing assessments for Class B, C, or D FedRAMP Certifications every 2 years to maintain FedRAMP Recognition.
Assessors MUST report information relating to any foreign interest, foreign influence, or foreign control of the independent assessment service to FedRAMP annually.
Assessors MUST achieve a favorable annual surveillance assessment by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) to maintain FedRAMP Recognition.
Assessors MUST supply a corrective action plan when FedRAMP requires one for performance standards deficiencies or organizational risks.
Assessors MUST report updated information relating to any foreign interest, foreign influence, or foreign control of the independent assessment service within 48 hours of any change in foreign ownership or control.
Assessors MUST treat deliverables prepared, performed, or submitted by personnel who do not meet required role qualifications as invalid for FedRAMP purposes.
Assessors MUST maintain compliance with the latest American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) R311 - Specific Requirements - Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to maintain FedRAMP Recognition.
Assessors MUST meet FedRAMP performance standards for assessor deliverables to support independent, risk-based reviews by FedRAMP and federal agencies, including at least:
Assessors MUST satisfy all American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) re-entry conditions before regaining FedRAMP Recognition after revocation.
Assessors MUST achieve a favorable full reassessment by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) at least once every 2 years to maintain FedRAMP Recognition.
Assessors MUST staff FedRAMP assessments with all roles required by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) R311, including personnel who meet the qualifications for each role, unless FedRAMP publishes a specific exception for a limited pilot or other explicitly scoped process.
Assessors MUST NOT perform a FedRAMP independent assessment of the same cloud service offering within 2 years after supplying advisory or consulting services for that offering, unless FedRAMP publishes a specific exception for a limited pilot or other explicitly scoped process.
IVV Independent Verification and Validation7
Assessors SHOULD engage provider experts in discussion to understand the decisions made by the provider and inform expert qualitative assessment, and SHOULD perform independent research to test such information as part of the expert qualitative assessment process.
Assessors MUST supply the provider with an overall summary of the verification and validation assessment results, including any resulting failures or areas of dispute; this summary will be included by the provider in the FedRAMP Certification Package Overview for the cloud service offering.
Assessors MAY share advice with providers they are assessing about techniques and procedures that will improve the provider's security posture or the effectiveness, clarity, and accuracy of their verification, validation and reporting procedures, UNLESS doing so is likely to compromise the objectivity and integrity of the assessment.
Assessors MUST supply the provider with a high-level summary of their assessment process and findings for each FedRAMP Practice; this summary will be included by the provider in the FedRAMP Security Decision Record for the cloud service offering.
Assessors MUST validate the effectiveness of the implemented measures to ensure they have the intended outcome for meeting FedRAMP Practices.
Assessors MUST verify that the measures implemented by the cloud service offering matches the measures they documented to meet FedRAMP Practices.
Assessors MUST verify that information supplied during a FedRAMP independent assessment is included in the FedRAMP Certification Package by the provider without inappropriate modification.
MKT Marketplace Listing3
Assessors MUST complete the Assessor Listing Request Form to request listing in the FedRAMP Marketplace.
Assessors MUST obtain and maintain FedRAMP Recognition to be listed in the FedRAMP Marketplace.
Assessors MUST have an appropriate web site that publicly supplies at least the following information in human-readable and JSON formats: