Automation and OSCAL – The FedRAMP 20x Compliance Accelerator
FedRAMP OSCAL automation is the cornerstone of the new 2025 compliance framework, replacing manual documentation with machine-readable, real-time validation and revolutionizing the authorization process by leveraging technology to eliminate manual processes and significantly accelerate compliance timelines. The Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) is central to this shift, a standardized, machine-readable format for security controls, system security plans, and assessment results.
Accelerating Compliance with OSCAL
OSCAL transforms compliance documentation into an agile, continuous process. Rather than manually preparing extensive reports and undergoing time-consuming reviews, CSPs can now automate the generation and updating of security documentation, drastically reducing effort and eliminating human errors. This automation aligns perfectly with FedRAMP’s goals of continuous assessment and real-time compliance verification.
“ATO as Code” – The New Compliance Standard
Think of OSCAL as enabling “ATO as Code.” Your compliance artifacts become dynamic documents maintained in structured, machine-readable formats like YAML or JSON. These can be automatically validated, continuously updated, and seamlessly integrated into your development pipelines. Compliance thus keeps pace with your system updates, patches, and security enhancements without delays or manual intervention, allowing you to deploy and innovate faster.
Business Benefits of Automation
Automation via OSCAL delivers significant business advantages. It sharply reduces the time, cost, and resources required to achieve and maintain FedRAMP 20x compliance. By streamlining these processes, your organization can allocate more resources towards innovation, product enhancement, and customer-focused initiatives. The predictable, repeatable nature of automated compliance also greatly diminishes risks and unforeseen complications that traditionally arise late in the authorization process.
UberEther’s OSCAL Expertise
UberEther has been a proactive leader in embracing OSCAL. We’ve integrated OSCAL deeply into our compliance acceleration platform, making it straightforward for our clients to adopt this revolutionary standard. Our technology automates the conversion of security control implementations and assessments into OSCAL, drastically shortening authorization timelines and minimizing manual effort.
With UberEther’s expertise, clients have significantly reduced their FedRAMP authorization timelines, making compliance not just easier but dramatically faster and more cost-effective. Partnering with UberEther means you benefit from cutting-edge compliance automation, staying ahead of the curve as FedRAMP 20x becomes the standard.
Your Strength, Our Automation
By leveraging UberEther’s automation capabilities, your team can focus on what you do best: delivering exceptional cloud services. Our comprehensive automated compliance solutions handle the complexity and keep your compliance streamlined and efficient. This division of focus creates an environment of mutual success, delivering value not just to your organization but also to your government clients who gain confidence in your continuously verified security posture.
Take the Next Step
Don’t let FedRAMP 20x’s automation requirements slow you down. UberEther is here to turn compliance into your advantage. Connect with our team today to accelerate your FedRAMP authorization journey and harness the full potential of OSCAL-driven compliance.
Key Talking Points:
- Automation: The Heart of FedRAMP 20x – FedRAMP’s new model puts automation front and center. Instead of labor-intensive paperwork and spreadsheets, compliance data moves at machine speed. The Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) is key to this transformation: it provides machine-readable formats for security controls, system security plans, and assessment results. By using OSCAL, cloud providers can generate and update their security documentation rapidly and with fewer errors (FedRAMP Moves to Automate the Authorization Process | FedRAMP.gov). In fact, FedRAMP 20x expects OSCAL-driven processes to let CSPs build System Security Plans (SSPs) faster (with much of the content auto-validated) and enable 3PAO assessors to automate testing and reporting (FedRAMP Moves to Automate the Authorization Process | FedRAMP.gov) – drastically shortening review cycles.
- “ATO as Code” – Speed and Accuracy: OSCAL essentially enables Authority to Operate (ATO) as code (FedRAMP Baseline Transition Points to OSCAL-Native Tools | CSA). Rather than writing long Word documents that quickly go out of date, CSPs can maintain their compliance info in YAML/JSON formats and use tools to continuously update and validate it. This shift means compliance can keep up with real-time changes: security control updates, new patches, and configuration tweaks can be reflected instantly in your authorization package. Automating these processes not only saves time but also improves accuracy (machines don’t introduce the copy-paste errors that manual docs do). The result is a more reliable compliance process that moves at the speed of your development cycles.
- Business Benefits of Automation: Embracing automation in compliance isn’t just a technical upgrade—it’s a business win. It reduces the personnel and cost required to achieve and maintain FedRAMP authorization. By accelerating documentation and testing, you get to market faster and start serving federal customers sooner. Automation also means predictable, repeatable compliance workflows, which lowers the risk of surprises late in the ATO process. Ultimately, CSPs can redirect resources away from paperwork and toward enhancing their service offerings, driving innovation and value for their customers.
- UberEther’s OSCAL Expertise: From the start, UberEther has been deeply involved with OSCAL and FedRAMP automation. We’ve aligned our ATO acceleration platform with these standards, effectively making UberEther a ready-to-go OSCAL engine for your compliance needs. Our tools automatically convert your security controls and scans into FedRAMP-compliant OSCAL data, so you don’t have to wrangle with the format – we handle it behind the scenes. By leveraging our platform, clients have cut their FedRAMP ATO timelines by 60–75% (ATO Advantage – UberEther), proving how powerful automation can be in practice. We continually update our solutions in line with FedRAMP’s latest automation guidelines, so partnering with us means you’re always a step ahead of the curve.
- Focus on Your Strengths: The beauty of compliance automation with a partner like UberEther is that it lets each party focus on what they do best. Your team can concentrate on developing a secure, innovative cloud service for your customers. Meanwhile, UberEther’s team and tooling take care of translating your security posture into the required compliance artifacts at lightning speed. By offloading the heavy lifting of OSCAL and automation to us, you reduce stress on your staff and gain confidence that nothing will slip through the cracks. It’s a win-win scenario: you innovate and grow your business, while we ensure your FedRAMP compliance keeps pace seamlessly.
Don’t let the new FedRAMP 20x automation requirements slow you down. Reach out to UberEther to supercharge your compliance with OSCAL and automated workflows. With our proven tools and expertise, we’ll help you navigate FedRAMP 20x quickly and effectively, so you can achieve ATO and start reaping the benefits of the federal market faster than ever.
