Upwind Pursues FedRAMP Certification to Power Trusted Federal Cloud Solutions
Upwind is advancing federal cloud security with the pursuit of FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency, in partnership with Coalfire, the leading FedRAMP advisor and assessor. This milestone clears the way for the enterprises, integrators, and software vendors that serve government agencies to deliver live runtime protection with the compliance assurances their customers demand.
By working with Coalfire and its FastRAMP® accelerator, we’re shortening the path to certification and giving organizations that sell into the federal market faster access to Upwind’s platform. The result: partners and providers can modernize their offerings, speed sales cycles, and deliver trusted cloud solutions that meet federal standards from day one.
Why FedRAMP Matters
For any company selling software or services into the federal market, FedRAMP is the gatekeeper. Moderate Equivalency certification allows vendors, integrators, and cloud providers to meet the government’s strict compliance standards while accelerating sales cycles and unlocking new opportunities. For example, SaaS providers in healthcare or defense tech often can’t begin federal pilots until FedRAMP is in place.
“The race for cloud security is moving faster than ever. Companies that support government missions are being asked to deliver secure platforms, protect sensitive workloads, and embrace new innovations like AI – all while the threat landscape keeps escalating. Upwind is uniquely designed to solve this challenge, and we are supporting government markets with a runtime-first approach.”
-Amiram Shachar, co-Founder and CEO, Upwind
Beyond compliance, FedRAMP establishes the trust foundation enterprises need to compete in the federal space. With security, privacy, and operational resilience built in, providers can assure agencies their platforms are ready for mission-critical workloads.
Meeting the Dual Challenge: Compliance and Complexity
For software providers and enterprises selling into the federal market, the challenge is twofold: build products that can handle today’s complex cloud environments, and prove they meet some of the most demanding compliance standards in the world. Traditional, static tools can’t keep pace with modern architectures that span APIs, containers, serverless, and AI-driven workloads.
Upwind addresses this by delivering real-time runtime visibility into what is actually happening inside cloud environments. Vendors and integrators can demonstrate compliance with evidence drawn directly from running workloads, APIs, and applications, eliminating noise and surfacing only verified risks. This not only strengthens security, but also shortens FedRAMP cycles by giving assessors clear, defensible data.
What makes Upwind unique is the depth of context we provide. Our platform correlates runtime visibility with network and application activity, including communication patterns, connection flows, and API behavior, so vendors know not just where risks exist, but whether they are being actively exploited. The result is fewer false positives, faster response, and compliance processes rooted in real-world operations.
With Upwind, vendors can give auditors and customers clear evidence that they not only meet compliance requirements but also keep environments secure under real-world conditions. This lets enterprises selling into government prove readiness for mission-critical workloads, while turning compliance from a roadblock into a competitive edge: accelerating adoption, enabling innovation, and closing federal deals faster.
Accelerating the Path to Certification
Earning FedRAMP certification is a major hurdle for any company entering the federal market. It demands specialized expertise, extensive documentation, and months of effort. All of these slow down sales cycles and delay customer adoption. That’s why Upwind partnered with Coalfire, the leading FedRAMP assessor, and its FastRAMP® accelerator program. Together, we’re streamlining the certification process so vendors and integrators can deliver federal-ready solutions to government customers faster. For many vendors, this can mean the difference between waiting months to start a federal pilot and being ready to launch on day one.
Building on Proven Success
Upwind’s pursuit of FedRAMP builds on a year of rapid momentum. In 2025 alone, we grew 63x while securing workloads for hundreds of global enterprises. Our platform now protects millions of VMs, containers, and serverless environments, delivering measurable results that matter in regulated markets:
- 98% fewer security alerts, so teams focus only on verified risks
- 60% fewer irrelevant CVEs, streamlining compliance documentation
- Proven scalability across complex, multi-cloud deployments
This business growth reflects the trust organizations are already placing in Upwind, and it gives vendors and partners confidence that they’re building on a platform that can scale with them. Analyst recognition reinforces that foundation: Upwind has been recognized by Gartner and Forrester in their CNAPP research, independent validation that the platform is built to last. For vendors serving the federal market, that credibility matters when every deal depends on trust.
–James Berthoty, Analyst and Founder, Latio Tech
“As vendors face stricter compliance requirements and the rising cost of federal certifications, they need platforms that help reduce noise, prove security under pressure, and accelerate time to market. By pursuing FedRAMP Moderate, Upwind joins the select few providers enabling companies under the heaviest regulatory scrutiny to operate with the latest and most effective security capabilities.”
Looking Ahead
Our pursuit of FedRAMP certification reflects a simple belief: the vendors, integrators, and enterprises serving the federal market should have access to the same compliance-backed security already trusted by the world’s leading companies.
Together with Coalfire, we’re accelerating that access and helping providers bring federal-ready solutions to government customers faster. With Upwind, vendors can make compliance a catalyst rather than a constraint: demonstrating security with live runtime proof, while gaining the speed and trust they need to grow in the federal market.
Experience FedRAMP-Ready Cloud Security
Schedule a customized demo with us today to see how Upwind’s runtime-first platform helps vendors and partners deliver secure, compliant solutions with real-time protection and faster alignment to federal standards.
