Note: Our Authorized and Progressing Lists are now unified under the Program Participants List.
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Taylor Webster October 9, 2025
“Over the past several years, Knowledge Services has supported GovRAMP as its founding PMO—providing oversight, assessments, and continuous monitoring for service providers and government agencies," said Fred Brittain, VP of information security at RAMPQuest and executive advisor to GovRAMP PMO. "As their cybersecurity and compliance services expanded beyond the PMO, it became clear that this area of Knowledge Services needed its own identity to reflect its specialized mission and growing impact. That is why Knowledge Services has launched RAMPQuest, a dedicated brand focused on helping organizations across public and private sectors strengthen their cybersecurity posture, streamline compliance, and build trust."
Fred added, "RAMPQuest continues to be operated by the same experienced team under Knowledge Services, and will maintain the same commitment to quality, consistency, and partnership that their clients expect. Think of it as an evolution, not a change; the PMO team now operates as RAMPQuest, bringing sharper focus and greater visibility to the important work we do together.”
Providers and assessors can expect business as usual:
You’ll continue working with the same PMO contacts.
You will now see emails from the @rampquest.com domain, but messages sent to previous addresses will still reach the team.
All program standards, workflows, and requirements remain the same.
GovRAMP is a nonprofit 501(c)(6) membership organization that promotes cybersecurity and risk management best practices for the public sector.
From the beginning, GovRAMP’s founding Steering Committee recommended establishing a Program Management Office to operationalize the program’s security standards. Based on that guidance, the GovRAMP Board of Directors contracted with Knowledge Services, now RAMPQuest, to serve as the PMO responsible for implementing and maintaining the GovRAMP security program.
You can think of it this way: GovRAMP sets the standards—RAMPQuest carries them out. GovRAMP defines the framework and policies; RAMPQuest manages the implementation and validation that make them work in practice.
This partnership structure, established by the Steering Committee and governed by the Board of Directors, remains unchanged.
RAMPQuest is a cybersecurity compliance and risk management firm specializing in helping organizations navigate complex regulatory frameworks with clarity and confidence. As the Founding Program Management Office (PMO) for GovRAMP, RAMPQuest brings deep expertise in guiding technology providers and public-sector partners through structured security alignment and continuous monitoring. With services spanning Security Program Management, Consulting & Advisory, and Risk Assessment & Planning, RAMPQuest helps organizations strengthen their security posture, reduce risk, and build lasting trust.
GovRAMP is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to advancing consistent, trusted cybersecurity practices across state, local, tribal, and educational government. Guided by its mission to make cybersecurity easier to understand, implement, and maintain, GovRAMP provides a standardized framework, independent validation, and community-driven education that help governments adopt secure cloud solutions with confidence while enabling service providers to demonstrate trusted security through clear, evidence-based practices. By bringing together public and private sector partners, GovRAMP supports policy collaboration, strengthens shared assurance, and helps build a more resilient cybersecurity ecosystem that protects government services, data, and the communities they serve. Learn more at GovRAMP.org.
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