FedRAMP Compliance

FedRAMP Moderate baseline compliance for federal government cloud services.

Overview

The Bluefly LLM Platform implements FedRAMP Moderate baseline controls:

• Baseline: FedRAMP Moderate (325 controls from NIST 800-53)
• Impact Level: Moderate
• Authorization: FedRAMP-ready (preparing for ATO)
• Framework: NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• Continuous Monitoring: Automated compliance validation

FedRAMP Moderate Baseline

Control Families

Total Controls: 325 (FedRAMP Moderate baseline)

Key Control Implementations

AC-2: Account Management

Implementation:

• Automated user provisioning via GitLab OAuth
• Role-based access control (RBAC)
• Account review every 90 days
• Automatic deprovisioning on termination

Evidence:

// Account lifecycle management
class AccountManager {
  async createAccount(user: User): Promise<Account> {
    // AC-2(1) - Automated account management
    const account = await this.provisionAccount(user);

    // AC-2(2) - Temporary accounts disabled after 90 days
    await this.scheduleAccountReview(account, 90);

    // AC-2(3) - Disable inactive accounts after 30 days
    await this.scheduleInactivityCheck(account, 30);

    // AC-2(4) - Audit account actions
    await this.auditLog.log({
      event: 'account_created',
      userId: user.id,
      timestamp: new Date()
    });

    return account;
  }
}

AU-2: Audit Events

Implementation:

• Comprehensive audit logging
• Tamper-proof log storage
• Real-time SIEM integration
• 90-day log retention (configurable)

Audited Events:

{
  "events": [
    "authentication_success",
    "authentication_failure",
    "authorization_decision",
    "data_access_pii",
    "data_access_phi",
    "configuration_change",
    "privileged_operation",
    "security_event"
  ]
}

IA-2: Identification and Authentication

Implementation:

• Multi-factor authentication (MFA) support
• OAuth 2.0 with GitLab
• JWT with RSA-2048 signing
• Certificate-based authentication (mTLS)

MFA Enforcement:

const mfaRequired = user.roles.includes('admin') ||
                    resource.classification === 'sensitive';

if (mfaRequired && !user.mfaVerified) {
  throw new AuthenticationError('MFA_REQUIRED');
}

SC-7: Boundary Protection

Implementation:

• Network segmentation (DMZ, App, Data)
• Web Application Firewall (WAF)
• Intrusion Detection/Prevention (IDS/IPS)
• DDoS protection

Network Zones:

zones:
  dmz:
    description: "Edge services"
    services: [gateway, waf]
    allowedPorts: [443, 80]

  application:
    description: "Application services"
    services: [agent-mesh, workflow-engine, compliance-engine]
    allowedPorts: [3001-3100, 50051]

  data:
    description: "Data tier"
    services: [postgresql, redis, timescaledb]
    allowedPorts: [5432, 6379]
    encryption: required

SC-8: Transmission Confidentiality

Implementation:

• TLS 1.3 for all HTTP traffic
• gRPC with mTLS for service mesh
• IPSec for VPN connections

TLS Configuration:

ssl_protocols TLSv1.3;
ssl_ciphers 'TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256';
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;
ssl_certificate /etc/certs/server.crt;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/certs/server.key;

SC-13: Cryptographic Protection

Implementation:

• AES-256-GCM for data at rest
• RSA-2048 for JWT signing
• SHA-256 for hashing
• FIPS 140-2 validated crypto modules

Encryption Implementation:

class EncryptionService {
  private algorithm = 'aes-256-gcm';
  private keyDerivation = 'pbkdf2';
  private iterations = 100000;

  async encrypt(data: string, key: Buffer): Promise<EncryptedField> {
    const iv = crypto.randomBytes(12);
    const salt = crypto.randomBytes(32);

    // Derive key using PBKDF2
    const derivedKey = crypto.pbkdf2Sync(
      key,
      salt,
      this.iterations,
      32,
      'sha256'
    );

    // Encrypt with AES-256-GCM
    const cipher = crypto.createCipheriv(this.algorithm, derivedKey, iv);
    const encrypted = Buffer.concat([
      cipher.update(data, 'utf8'),
      cipher.final()
    ]);

    const tag = cipher.getAuthTag();

    return {
      ciphertext: encrypted.toString('base64'),
      iv: iv.toString('base64'),
      salt: salt.toString('base64'),
      tag: tag.toString('base64'),
      algorithm: this.algorithm
    };
  }
}

SI-4: Information System Monitoring

Implementation:

• Real-time SIEM integration
• Automated threat detection
• Performance monitoring (Agent Tracer)
• Security event correlation

Monitoring Stack:

monitoring:
  siem:
    tool: splunk
    endpoints:
      - siem.bluefly.io:8088
    events:
      - authentication
      - authorization
      - security_events

  metrics:
    tool: prometheus
    retention: 90d
    alerting:
      - high_error_rate
      - unusual_activity
      - certificate_expiry

  tracing:
    tool: agent-tracer
    storage: timescaledb
    retention: 30d

Continuous Monitoring

Automated Compliance Validation

Frequency: Hourly Tools: Compliance Engine Reports: Daily summary, monthly detailed

Validation Script:

# Run compliance validation
npm run compliance:validate

# Generate report
npm run compliance:report --format fedramp

Sample Report:

{
  "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z",
  "baseline": "FedRAMP Moderate",
  "totalControls": 325,
  "compliant": 323,
  "nonCompliant": 2,
  "notApplicable": 0,
  "complianceRate": 99.38,
  "findings": [
    {
      "control": "AC-2(4)",
      "status": "non-compliant",
      "issue": "Account review overdue for 3 users",
      "remediation": "Scheduled for next business day"
    }
  ]
}

Monthly Assessment

Activities:

• Control validation
• Vulnerability scanning
• Configuration audit
• Access review
• Incident review

Documentation

System Security Plan (SSP)

Sections:

1. System Identification
2. System Categorization (FIPS 199)
3. Security Control Implementation
4. System Architecture Diagrams
5. Data Flow Diagrams
6. Security Control Traceability Matrix

Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M)

Track remediation of non-compliant controls:

Contingency Plan (CP)

Recovery Objectives:

• RPO: 1 hour
• RTO: 4 hours

Backup Strategy:

• Database: Every 6 hours
• Files: Daily
• Configuration: On change

Authorization Process

Steps to FedRAMP Authorization

1. Package Development (3-6 months)

   • System Security Plan (SSP)
   • Security Assessment Plan (SAP)
   • Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)

2. Security Assessment (2-3 months)

   • Third-Party Assessment Organization (3PAO)
   • Vulnerability scanning
   • Penetration testing

3. Authorization (2-4 months)

   • Security Assessment Report (SAR)
   • Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M)
   • Agency review and ATO

4. Continuous Monitoring (Ongoing)

   • Monthly ConMon reports
   • Annual assessments
   • Incident reporting

Current Status: Package Development (75% complete)

Compliance Automation

Compliance Engine:

import { ComplianceEngine } from '@bluefly/compliance-engine';

const engine = new ComplianceEngine({
  framework: 'fedramp-moderate',
  autoRemediate: true,
  reportingFrequency: 'daily'
});

// Validate all controls
const report = await engine.validate();

// Auto-remediate where possible
await engine.remediate(report.findings);

// Generate FedRAMP report
await engine.generateReport({
  format: 'fedramp',
  output: './reports/fedramp-monthly.pdf'
});

Next Steps

• NIST 800-53 Controls
• Security Architecture
• RBAC Configuration
• Encryption at Rest