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

Section 8.4 - Register entry

DOC-REF: FRC-MKT-F1508207205

Qualys Cloud Platform

Qualys lists Qualys Cloud Platform on the FedRAMP Marketplace with the status FedRAMP Certified, at Moderate impact, on the Agency path under the Rev5 process. Package F1508207205, 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
F1508207205
Cloud service provider
Qualys
Certification status
FedRAMP Certified
Impact level
Moderate
Certification class
Class C (Moderate)
Authorization path
Agency
Certification type
Rev5
Marketplace phase
Ongoing Certification
Deployment model
Hybrid Cloud
Register snapshot
September 3, 2026
Service model
SaaS
Independent assessor
Coalfire Systems, Inc.
Sponsoring agency
Federal Student Aid
Certification date
November 2, 2016
Status date
November 2, 2016
FedRAMP Ready date
May 5, 2016
Annual assessment
June 6, 2011
Agency authorizations
17
Recorded reuses
369
Dependent offerings
73
Milestones on record
4

The marketplace carries Qualys Cloud Platform under package F1508207205 with 21 recorded fields. Its certification date is November 2, 2016, and a FedRAMP Ready date of May 5, 2016. Coalfire Systems, Inc. is named as the independent assessor, with an annual assessment date of June 6, 2011. Federal Student Aid is recorded as the sponsoring agency. 16 agencies are listed as having authorized it, among them Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of State and 13 more, and the feed records 369 reuses of the package. It is delivered as SaaS on a hybrid cloud. 73 other offerings on the register are listed as dependent on this one, among them AchieveIt, AppOmni SaaS Security for Government and Aprimo.

Section B. Milestones

4 entries in the marketplace event log

Most recent first, as recorded by FedRAMP.

Event log
DateCategoryRecorded
November 2, 2016Status ChangeStatus changed from FedRAMP Ready to FedRAMP Certified
May 5, 2016Status ChangeStatus changed from PMO Review to Legacy FedRAMP Ready
April 6, 2016Status ChangeStatus changed from Agency Review to FedRAMP In Process
August 26, 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 June 6, 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

16 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.

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  • Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
  • Department of State
  • FHFA Office of the Inspector General
  • Federal Housing Finance Agency
  • Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
  • Federal Student Aid
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • National Mediation Board
  • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
  • Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
  • Presidio Trust
  • Strategic Petroleum Reserve
  • U.S. Election Assistance Commission

Section F. Dependent offerings

73 listed offerings build 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.

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.

The Qualys Cloud Platform (QCP) is a multi-tenant shared cloud service environment. Its unique computing power is capable of continuously analyzing and correlating information, to assist IT management with identifying and homing-in on threats and eliminating vulnerabilities. With its Qualys sensors, a core service of the Qualys Cloud Platform, make it easy to extend your security throughout your global enterprise. These sensors, which can be in the form of appliances or lightweight agents, are remotely deployable, centrally managed and self-updating. They collect data automatically and seamlessly sending it to the Qualys Cloud Platform. Subscribers simply use the Qualys software without the burden of licensing, maintenance and costs for owning the software itself.

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.

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