Wasabi Technologies Achieves FedRAMP Ready Status

Wasabi Technologies LLC announced its cloud storage service for the US Federal Government, Wasabi GovCloud, has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Ready status.

FedRAMP is a US Government-wide program that standardizes the security assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring of cloud products and services. With its FedRAMP Ready certification, Wasabi is now one step closer to full FedRAMP authorization, which will allow more Government entities to take advantage of its cloud storage service. This milestone is a significant step in Wasabi’s mission to deliver a secure, affordable cloud storage solution to US Government agencies and other Public Sector organizations that need an additional copy of their data for data security or regulatory compliance.

As the Federal Government strives to optimize its budgets, Wasabi provides a secure alternative to traditional hyperscaler cloud services, offering a straightforward pricing model that eliminates egress and API request fees, and costs up to 80% less to provide greater budget predictability and significant savings.

Wasabi’s single hot storage tier delivers higher performance for mission-critical use cases, including backup and recovery, surveillance, and archiving, for reliable, fast, and efficient data management. Additionally, Wasabi delivers enterprise-grade security and compliance, ensuring that federal agencies can modernize their IT infrastructure with cloud storage while meeting rigorous government standards.

“Federal agencies are under immense pressure to cut costs and drive more efficiency across the board, all while maintaining best of breed technology solutions,” said David Boland, VP, cloud strategy, Wasabi Technologies. “By achieving FedRAMP Ready status, Wasabi becomes a trusted partner, supporting these agencies with a cloud storage solution that optimizes their budgets without sacrificing performance, freeing them up to instead focus on essential operations.“

Key benefits of Wasabi GovCloud include:

• Secure data protection: Wasabi GovCloud supports all of the security controls required for FedRAMP Moderate, including FIPS 140-2 and TLS 1.2 compliant encryption.
• Predictable costs: Cost-efficient and predictable pricing of $9.99/TB per month.
• Scalability: Scalable storage to meet the growing data needs of Government agencies.

“Carahsoft and its reseller partners are pleased to offer Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage to the Public Sector for an economical approach to fast, secure cloud storage for mission-critical workloads,” said Craig P. Abod, president, Carahsoft Technology Corp. “With the FedRAMP Ready status, Government IT professionals will soon have a validated solution that meets the compliance standards of Federal Government agencies for backup and offsite data protection in the event of a natural disaster or cyberattack.“