FedRAMP Compliance Automation That Gets SaaS Companies Into the Federal Market

Anitian is a cloud compliance automation company that helps SaaS vendors achieve FedRAMP authorization so they can sell into US federal agencies and the Department of Defense. The company has focused on federal cloud compliance for more than two decades and is now part of Arkenstone Defense, which acquired it to anchor its defense-tech compliance offerings. Its customers are commercial software companies pursuing the federal SaaS market who lack the in-house expertise to navigate FedRAMP's authorization process on their own.

The platform grafts a pre-engineered, compliant-by-design security stack onto a customer's existing application environment, deployable on AWS, Azure, or Anitian's own secure cloud while infrastructure stays under customer control. Pre-built modules, templates, and document automation generate the thousand-plus pages of FedRAMP documentation, including AI-assisted evidence collection, validation, and System Security Plan generation. After authorization, Anitian continuously monitors the environment for configuration and vulnerability issues and produces the monthly POA&M reports FedRAMP requires.

Anitian pairs automation with hands-on federal expertise, coordinating directly with third-party assessment organizations and offering bundled engagements with auditors A-LIGN and Schellman. The company claims customers save an average of twelve months of deployment time and significant implementation cost versus traditional consulting-led FedRAMP efforts. As an AWS Advanced Technology Partner with an Azure Advanced Specialization, and backed by an earlier Series A from Forgepoint Capital, it competes on speed to authorization in the growing federal SaaS market.