The Agile FedRAMP Playbook, Part 2: Proactive Risk Management with Continuous Monitoring

The article outlines the shift from periodic compliance checks to continuous, automated monitoring in FedRAMP Rev 5 and the emerging 20x framework, emphasizing risk-informed remediation beyond raw CVSS and alignment with Executive Order 14028; it showcases Wiz for Gov’s agentless visibility across identities, workloads, data, and networks, its Security Graph to surface high-impact "toxic combinations," and automation of monthly evidence for controls such as CM-6, CM-8, RA-5, RA-7, and SC-28 to cut ConMon overhead and better support developers, with a look ahead to preventative, shift-left risk management.