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INTRODUCTION: Cisco recently announced that the U.S. government’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (or FedRAMP as it is commonly known), issued Cisco the In-Process designation for its Viptela SD-WAN (software-defined WAN) cloud solution. FedRAMP is the government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. Receiving FedRAMP’s approval is an arduous but required step in order for government agencies to consume cloud-based technologies. Providers must build and operate the underlying cloud infrastructure environment with extensive policy and security controls then pass an extensive 3rd party audit against those controls.