Architecture Governance for Government
Meet FedRAMP, FISMA, and NIST requirements with automated architectural evidence
The Government Challenge
Government software systems operate under the strictest compliance regimes in any industry — FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST 800-53, and agency-specific requirements that mandate documented architectural controls, continuous monitoring, and evidence-based authorization to operate. The authorization process requires architectural evidence that most development teams produce manually, at enormous cost, and often inaccurately.
Compliance & Regulatory
Key Capabilities
ATO Evidence Generation
Produce architectural evidence required for Authority to Operate packages — system boundary documentation, data flow diagrams, component inventories, and dependency maps extracted from actual code.
Continuous Monitoring Integration
Run scans continuously to maintain an up-to-date architectural posture that satisfies ConMon requirements. Detect structural drift between authorization baseline and current state.
NIST 800-53 Control Mapping
Map architectural findings to NIST 800-53 security and privacy controls with evidence chains. Cover system and communications protection, access control, and configuration management families.
Supply Chain Risk Management
Audit third-party dependencies for license risk, staleness, and structural integration depth — supporting SCRM requirements under NIST 800-161 and CMMC.
Why Government Teams Choose Axiom Refract
- FedRAMP and FISMA authorization requires architectural evidence that costs agencies millions to produce manually — automation reduces cost and improves accuracy
- Government systems face nation-state threat actors — understanding structural attack surface is a national security requirement
- Contractor-developed systems must be architecturally assessed at handoff — Axiom produces the assessment the government needs to accept the deliverable