Section 8.4 - Register entry
DOC-REF: FRC-MKT-FR2135637226
Pearson Federal Cloud System
Pearson VUE lists Pearson Federal Cloud System on the FedRAMP Marketplace with the status FedRAMP Certified, at Moderate impact, on the Agency path under the Rev5 process. Package FR2135637226, read from the marketplace feed as of September 3, 2026.
Section A. Register entry
What the marketplace records
- FedRAMP package ID
- FR2135637226
- Cloud service provider
- Pearson VUE
- Certification status
- FedRAMP Certified
- Impact level
- Moderate
- Certification class
- Class C (Moderate)
- Authorization path
- Agency
- Certification type
- Rev5
- Marketplace phase
- Ongoing Certification
- Deployment model
- Public Cloud
- Register snapshot
- September 3, 2026
- Service model
- SaaS
- Independent assessor
- Schellman Compliance, LLC
- Certification date
- April 23, 2025
- Status date
- April 23, 2025
- Annual assessment
- October 26, 2011
- Agency authorizations
- 1
- Milestones on record
- 3
The marketplace carries Pearson Federal Cloud System under package FR2135637226 with 17 recorded fields. Its certification date is April 23, 2025. Schellman Compliance, LLC is named as the independent assessor, with an annual assessment date of October 26, 2011. 1 agency is listed as having authorized it, among them Department of State. It is delivered as SaaS on a public cloud.
Section B. Milestones
3 entries in the marketplace event log
Most recent first, as recorded by FedRAMP.
| Date | Category | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| April 23, 2025 | Status Change | Status changed from PMO Review to FedRAMP Certified |
| January 16, 2024 | Status Change | Status changed from Agency Review to FedRAMP In Process |
| May 24, 2022 | Status Change | Status 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
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 October 26, 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
1 agency 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.
- Department of State
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.
- LabArchives for Government (LG)
LabArchives
FedRAMP Certified, Moderate impact, Agency path, Rev5, certified April 22, 2025.
- Archibus
Eptura, Inc
FedRAMP Certified, Moderate impact, Agency path, Rev5, certified April 17, 2025.
- Cloud Contact Center
Lumen
FedRAMP Certified, Moderate impact, Agency path, Rev5, certified April 30, 2025.
- ThreatConnect For Government
ThreatConnect
FedRAMP Certified, Moderate impact, Agency path, Rev5, certified May 1, 2025.
- Abnormal AI for Government
Abnormal AI
FedRAMP Certified, Moderate impact, Agency path, Rev5, certified April 11, 2025.
Section H. Description
As published on the marketplace
The provider's own description of the service, reproduced from the FedRAMP feed without edits.
Pearson VUEs Pearson Federal Cloud System securely delivers assessments to registered testing candidates for over 450 assessment programs. Agencies and other government organizations can use the Pearson Federal Cloud System to administer high stakes assessments to potential job candidates. The system is built on Microsoft's Azure Commercial Cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) Pearson VUE's FedRAMP boundary includes candidate registration and scheduling systems; candidate testing on Athena Browser Edition (A-BE) or Athena Desktop (A-DE) test drivers; the OnVUE online proctoring platform; and reporting systems, including IntelliVUE.
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.
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