FedRAMP Authorization Is the Easy Part: How to Stay Authorized with Qualys Policy Audit

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Key Takeaways FedRAMP authorization isn’t the finish line. Providers are expected to keep monitoring their security posture and give federal agencies the information they need for ongoing, risk-based decisions. CISA’s BOD 26-04, issued on June 10, 2026, moves federal vulnerability management toward risk-based prioritization instead of a single fixed deadline for every finding. FedRAMP has said the legacy monthly scan is no longer sufficient.

Key details

• FedRAMP authorization is not the finish line; providers must continuously monitor security posture and supply agencies with data for ongoing risk-based decisions.
• CISA Binding Operational Directive 26-04, issued June 10, 2026, shifts federal vulnerability management to continuous, risk-based prioritization instead of a single fixed deadline for all findings.
• Qualys Policy Audit provides a continuous assess, prioritize, remediate, and report workflow with automated remediation via Audit Fix and cross-framework control mapping.
• PwC 2025 Global Compliance Survey found 85% of executives say compliance requirements have grown more complex and nearly 90% say responsibilities have expanded over three years.
• Qualys analysis of over 1 billion misconfiguration findings shows access control failures account for 38% of exposures and take an average of 14 months to fix.
• Policy Audit evaluates technical controls against the FedRAMP baseline, mapping each policy to a technical check, expected value, and pass or fail result across all in-scope systems.

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