‘FedRAMP Forward’ aims to boost participation by federal agencies and cloud-service providers in the security vetting program known as FedRAMP. The initiative is also designed to be adapted as a result of the evolving cybersecurity landscape. The roadmap identifies nine objectives, such as enhancing consistency and quality of third-party assessments organizations, re-using industry standards to assess and authorize cloud providers. The goal is to get federal departments and agencies to collaborate more on establishing criteria to vet the security furnished by cloud service providers.”]
Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/feds-enhancing-cloud-security-vetting-process-a-7687