Our Purpose
The Cloud Service Providers – Advisory Board (CSP-AB) is a trade association representing the world’s premier cloud companies in order to advance policies and standards that empower secure, scalable, and impactful cloud adoption across the public and private sectors. Our members are at the forefront of digital government transformation, ensuring that cutting-edge, accredited services seamlessly support both civil servants delivering vital programs and the citizens who rely on them.
Our goal is to inject industry expertise into critical policy and standards discussions focused on ensuring that secure cloud services meet evolving government needs. Our work focuses on implementation of modern security standards and practices, promoting real time security assurance over manual compliance exercises, and harmonizing frameworks and governance regimes. By aligning stakeholders on the most pressing issues, we help drive focus where it matters most. Our efforts will pave the way for more agile, responsive, and innovative policies that keep pace with technological advancement.
Our Focus Areas
FedRAMP: Streamlining Certification and Expanding Reuse
FedRAMP is at the heart of public sector cloud adoption, and the CSP-AB is focused on making this process more efficient and adaptable to evolving government needs.
DoW: Improving speed to access and assurance of cloud capabilities supporting DoW missions
FedRAMP is at the heart of public sector cloud adoption, and the CSP-AB is focused on making this process more efficient and adaptable to evolving government needs.
Promoting Risk Based Assessments Governmentwide
Continuous monitoring is essential for maintaining security in dynamic cloud environments. CSP-AB is committed to advancing approaches that shift focus from static compliance checklists to risk-based assessments that consider threat vectors and real-time vulnerabilities.
Enable Continuous ATO Adoption
Support efforts to transition the Federal government’s security practices to Continuous Authorization to Operate models by helping agencies define the technical and policy requirements for continuous security validation.
Harmonization of Existing and Emerging Frameworks
Drive alignment and harmonization between FedRAMP and other compliance frameworks to reduce audit duplication and streamline approvals.
Unified Cyber Reporting Standards
CSP-AB is committed to advancing a unified cybersecurity reporting framework that bridges public and private sector requirements, reducing duplicative compliance burdens while ensuring strong cybersecurity practices across the cloud ecosystem.
Our Members
The Cloud Service Provider Advisory Board consists of delegates from our member organizations, including:
