DOC-REF: FRC-2026-04-28Rev 04 / 2026

Section 8.4 - Register entry

DOC-REF: FRC-MKT-F1509217359

Cornerstone Galaxy

Cornerstone OnDemand lists Cornerstone Galaxy on the FedRAMP Marketplace with the status FedRAMP Certified, at Moderate impact, on the Agency path under the Rev5 process. Package F1509217359, read from the marketplace feed as of September 3, 2026.

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Section A. Register entry

What the marketplace records

FedRAMP package ID
F1509217359
Cloud service provider
Cornerstone OnDemand
Certification status
FedRAMP Certified
Impact level
Moderate
Certification class
Class C (Moderate)
Authorization path
Agency
Certification type
Rev5
Marketplace phase
Ongoing Certification
Deployment model
Government Community Cloud
Register snapshot
September 3, 2026
Service model
SaaS
Independent assessor
Schellman Compliance, LLC
Certification date
February 2, 2016
Status date
February 2, 2016
Annual assessment
September 30, 2011
Agency authorizations
22
Recorded reuses
21
Business categories
Analytics, Collaboration, Communication, Content Management System (CMS), Education & Training, Human Resources
Milestones on record
3

The marketplace carries Cornerstone Galaxy under package F1509217359 with 19 recorded fields. Its certification date is February 2, 2016. Schellman Compliance, LLC is named as the independent assessor, with an annual assessment date of September 30, 2011. 22 agencies are listed as having authorized it, among them Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Defense Information Systems Agency and 19 more, and the feed records 21 reuses of the package. It is delivered as SaaS on a government community cloud, filed under 6 business categories including Analytics, Collaboration, Communication and 3 more.

Section B. Milestones

3 entries in the marketplace event log

Most recent first, as recorded by FedRAMP.

Event log
DateCategoryRecorded
February 2, 2016Status ChangeStatus changed from PMO Review to FedRAMP Certified
September 22, 2015Status ChangeStatus changed from Agency Review to FedRAMP In Process
April 9, 2015Status ChangeStatus set to Agency Authorization In Process

Section C. Cost context

What reaching Moderate costs

Our own published ranges for a provider going through this level. Nothing here is a figure this provider has disclosed.

Cost context

Budget for a Moderate authorization

Initial authorization$800,000 to $2,000,000
Continuous monitoring$150,000 to $350,000 a year
Typical timeline12 to 18 months
Control baseline325+ controls
Annual assessment$90,000 to $260,000 a year

Our published planning range for a provider pursuing Moderate. It is not a figure any listed provider has disclosed.

Read the FedRAMP Moderate cost guide / annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost

Path

Agency Authorization is the route for 578 of the offerings on the marketplace. Our cost pages put it at $800,000 to $2,000,000 over 12 to 18 months for Moderate. Agency authorization cost

Assessment and monitoring

An annual assessment date of September 30, 2011 is on the record, and that assessment recurs for as long as the package stays listed. Annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost

Section E. Agencies on the record

22 agencies listed against this package

As published on the marketplace. An agency named here has issued its own authorization to operate; FedRAMP does not issue ATOs itself.

  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  • Defense Information Systems Agency
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of State
  • Department of the Navy
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Federal Communications Commission
  • Federal Housing Finance Agency
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • First Responder Network Authority
  • Food and Drug Administration
  • Library of Congress
  • National Cancer Institute
  • National Credit Union Administration
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • Small Business Administration
  • United States Agency for International Development
  • United States Capitol Police
  • United States Postal Service
  • United States Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Warfighting Acquisition University

Section G. Nearest entries on the register

Comparable offerings

Scored on impact level, path, status, shared business categories and how close the two entries sit in the register's own timeline.

Section H. Description

As published on the marketplace

The provider's own description of the service, reproduced from the FedRAMP feed without edits.

Cornerstone Galaxy, the complete AI-powered Workforce Agility platform, allows organizations to identify skills gaps and development opportunities, retain and engage top talent, and provide multi-modal learning experiences to meet the diverse needs of the modern public sector workforce delivered through a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. This allows our customers to securely access our applications, via a web browser, from anywhere and at anytime. Cornerstone's multi-tenant, multi-user, on-demand applications eliminate any hardware, software, or infrastructure related administration. Based in Santa Monica, California, the company's solutions are used by over 7,000 customers worldwide, spanning 140 million users across 186 countries in 42 languages. To learn more about Cornerstone, visit us on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and our blog. For more information, visit https://www.cornerstoneondemand.com/.

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What the same authorization would cost you

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Provenance and independence

Source: the FedRAMP Marketplace product feed, produced by the General Services Administration. The feed's own last-change stamp is September 3, 2026; this copy was taken on September 5, 2026.

GSA's disclaimers page states that FedRAMP content about a specific commercial product or service is provided for the information and convenience of the public and “does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the General Services Administration”. A listing here is a record of a certification status, not a judgment about the product.

FedRAMPCost.com is an independent cost reference. We are not affiliated with FedRAMP, the GSA, any provider listed on this page, or any assessment organization, and no provider pays to appear in this register.

DOC-REF: FRC-2026-04-28 / Updated 2026-04-28