Section 8.4 - Register entry
DOC-REF: FRC-MKT-F1211011660
IBM Cloud for Government
IBM lists IBM Cloud for Government on the FedRAMP Marketplace with the status FedRAMP Certified, at High impact, on the JAB path under the Rev5 process. Package F1211011660, read from the marketplace feed as of September 3, 2026.
Section A. Register entry
What the marketplace records
- FedRAMP package ID
- F1211011660
- Cloud service provider
- IBM
- Certification status
- FedRAMP Certified
- Impact level
- High
- Certification class
- Class D (High)
- Authorization path
- JAB
- Certification type
- Rev5
- Marketplace phase
- Ongoing Certification
- Deployment model
- Hybrid Cloud
- Register snapshot
- September 3, 2026
- Service model
- IaaS, PaaS
- Independent assessor
- Fortreum, LLC
- Certification date
- November 14, 2019
- Status date
- November 14, 2019
- Annual assessment
- August 14, 2011
- Agency authorizations
- 4
- Recorded reuses
- 14
- Dependent offerings
- 1
- Milestones on record
- 2
The marketplace carries IBM Cloud for Government under package F1211011660 with 19 recorded fields. Its certification date is November 14, 2019. Fortreum, LLC is named as the independent assessor, with an annual assessment date of August 14, 2011. 4 agencies are listed as having authorized it, among them Argonne National Laboratory, Federal Communications Commission, Social Security Administration and 1 more, and the feed records 14 reuses of the package. It is delivered as IaaS and PaaS on a hybrid cloud. 1 other offering on the register is listed as dependent on this one, among them IBM Automation Services for Government.
Section B. Milestones
2 entries in the marketplace event log
Most recent first, as recorded by FedRAMP.
| Date | Category | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| November 14, 2019 | Status Change | Status changed from JAB Review to FedRAMP Certified |
| May 4, 2018 | Status Change | Status set to FedRAMP In Process |
Section C. Cost context
What reaching High 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 High authorization
Our published planning range for a provider pursuing High. It is not a figure any listed provider has disclosed.
Read the FedRAMP High cost guide / annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost
Path
The marketplace lists 53 offerings against the JAB path. Our JAB vs Agency page records that the JAB P-ATO path was retired in 2024 and that Agency Authorization is now the single traditional route, at $800,000 to $2,000,000 over 12 to 18 months. JAB vs Agency ATO cost
Assessment and monitoring
An annual assessment date of August 14, 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
4 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.
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Federal Communications Commission
- Social Security Administration
- United States Forest Service
Section F. Dependent offerings
1 listed offering builds on this package
From the marketplace's dependent products view. A provider that inherits controls from a package below it carries a narrower assessment boundary of its own, which is one of the larger levers on authorization cost.
Inheritance is why boundary scope moves a budget more than headcount does. The hidden costs page sets out where scope creeps back in.
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.
IBM lists 7 offerings on the marketplace. The others are:
- CORAS Federal
CORAS
FedRAMP Certified, High impact, JAB path, Rev5, certified July 27, 2021.
- US Axon FedCloud - High
Axon
FedRAMP Certified, High impact, JAB path, Rev5, certified November 22, 2022.
- Google Services (Google Cloud Platform Products and underlying Infrastructure)
Google
FedRAMP Certified, High impact, JAB path, Rev5, certified December 4, 2019.
- Government Community Cloud
ServiceNow
FedRAMP Certified, High impact, JAB path, Rev5, certified August 12, 2019.
- Azure Government (includes Dynamics 365)
Microsoft
FedRAMP Certified, High impact, JAB path, Rev5, certified April 29, 2020.
Section H. Description
As published on the marketplace
The provider's own description of the service, reproduced from the FedRAMP feed without edits.
IBM Cloud for Government is a high performance, high security Cloud, providing both Infrastructure and Platform Cloud Services. IBM Cloud for Government delivers seamless integrated computing environments across multiple data centers. IBM integrates and automates infrastructure and platform services empowering federal agencies with complete control, security, scalability and ease-of-management via an Agency Portal and Secure Open API. The Agency portal and API provide administrators and developers with direct access to more than 100 backend systems, services and activities. IBM Cloud for Government is designed for optimized network management, various performance levels and enhanced security. It provides automated provisioning of services in public, private, and hybrid cloud offerings with quick and easy access to developer tools. Services include orchestration of bare metal and virtual servers, networking services, VMWare, and development tools such as with object storage, auto scaling, and load balancing.
Next step
What the same authorization would cost you
The worksheet turns an impact level, an existing security posture and an organization size into a line-by-line budget, with the 3PAO fee split out.
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.
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