3PAO

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Third Party Assessment Organization assessment organization independent security assessor

3PAO stands for Third Party Assessment Organization, an independent firm accredited to assess and validate cloud service providers’ security controls under the U.S. federal FedRAMP program.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Third Party Assessment Organization ⓘ assessment organization ⓘ independent security assessor ⓘ
accreditedBy	American Association for Laboratory Accreditation NERFINISHED ⓘ FedRAMP Program Management Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
assesses	FedRAMP security controls ⓘ cloud service providers ⓘ
characteristic	independent of assessed cloud service provider ⓘ must meet FedRAMP accreditation requirements ⓘ subject to quality management requirements ⓘ
countryOfOperation	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
domain	cloud security ⓘ information security compliance ⓘ
followsStandard	FedRAMP Security Assessment Framework NERFINISHED ⓘ NIST SP 800-53 NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullForm	Third Party Assessment Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ
goal	ensure consistent security assessments for FedRAMP ⓘ provide assurance on cloud security posture to U.S. federal agencies ⓘ
governingBody	FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
operatesUnderProgram	FedRAMP NERFINISHED ⓘ
outputUsedBy	FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board NERFINISHED ⓘ federal agency authorizing officials ⓘ
primaryRole	assess cloud service providers’ security controls ⓘ perform independent security assessments ⓘ validate FedRAMP security requirements implementation ⓘ
provides	Security Assessment Plan ⓘ Security Assessment Report ⓘ test procedures for security controls ⓘ
regulatoryContext	U.S. federal government cloud services ⓘ
relatedTo	NIST Risk Management Framework NERFINISHED ⓘ federal information security compliance ⓘ
requiredFor	FedRAMP Agency Authorization to Operate NERFINISHED ⓘ FedRAMP Provisional Authorization to Operate NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	independence and impartiality ⓘ knowledge of FedRAMP requirements ⓘ technical security expertise ⓘ
scope	cloud systems seeking FedRAMP authorization ⓘ
sector	public sector compliance services ⓘ
typeOfAssessment	conformity assessment ⓘ third-party security assessment ⓘ
usedFor	FedRAMP authorization process ⓘ FedRAMP security assessment ⓘ
worksWith	FedRAMP Program Management Office NERFINISHED ⓘ cloud service providers ⓘ federal agencies ⓘ

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Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program → hasAcronym → 3PAO ⓘ