Akamai Cloud Achieves FedRAMP High Ready Status, Advancing Secure Cloud Solutions for Federal Agencies
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Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) announced on December 3, 2025 that an accredited third-party assessment organization (3PAO) confirmed Akamai Cloud achieved FedRAMP High Ready status. This status indicates Akamai Cloud completed an independent assessment and meets the FedRAMP High security baseline, positioning the company to support federal agencies handling highly sensitive data and critical missions at AAL3, IAL3, and FAL3 identity assurance levels.
Akamai Cloud groups services into Build, Secure, and Deliver categories and highlighted FedRAMP-appropriate offerings such as Guardicore segmentation, App & API Protector, Prolexic DDoS mitigation, Edge DNS, Global Traffic Management, Ion, and mPulse. The announcement notes FedRAMP High Ready is an attestation of readiness and not a final FedRAMP authorization.
Positive
- 3PAO confirmed FedRAMP High Ready on December 3, 2025
- Supports AAL3, IAL3, FAL3 digital identity assurance levels
- FedRAMP-appropriate services listed across Build, Secure, Deliver categories
Negative
- FedRAMP High Ready is not final authorization; agency sponsor or JAB must grant approval
- No timeline provided for achieving full FedRAMP or DoD IL5 authorization
Insights
FedRAMP High Ready positions Akamai Cloud to pursue high‑sensitivity federal workloads following a third‑party validation on
Akamai Cloud now has a documented independent assessment that it meets the FedRAMP High baseline readiness criteria, enabling federal sponsors to consider its suite of services for sensitive programs. The offering spans three categories—Build, Secure, Deliver—and cites support for high identity assurance levels (AAL3, IAL3, FAL3) and plans to seek DoD IL5 alignment, which together map to the needs of agencies handling highly sensitive data.
The next steps remain agency sponsorship and formal authorization; "High Ready" is not final FedRAMP authorization. That dependency is the main execution risk: agencies or the FedRAMP JAB must complete authorizations before the platform can be used for protected workloads. Operational integration, documented controls mapping, and any agency‑specific supplement will determine timing and contract eligibility.
Watch for three concrete items: agency sponsorship decisions and any JAB or agency authorization milestones following this
Third-party assessment organization validates Akamai’s commitment to highest security standards for government cloud services
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online, today announced that an accredited third-party assessment organization (3PAO) confirmed Akamai Cloud achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High Ready status. This milestone demonstrates Akamai’s readiness to provide federal agencies with cloud services that meet the most stringent security requirements.
FedRAMP High Ready status indicates that Akamai Cloud completed a rigorous independent assessment and meets the high-security baseline requirements that the FedRAMP Program Management Office (PMO) established. This achievement positions Akamai to serve federal agencies handling highly sensitive data and critical missions requiring the highest levels of security, including AAL3, IAL3, and FAL3 digital identity assurance levels.
“Achieving FedRAMP High Ready status represents a significant milestone in Akamai’s commitment to serving the federal government with world-class security and performance,” said Mani Sundaram, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Security Technology Group, at Akamai. “Our globally distributed platform, combined with FedRAMP High authorization readiness, enables federal agencies to leverage Akamai’s proven security and delivery capabilities while meeting the most demanding compliance requirements.”
Akamai Cloud offers customer-facing services, enabled by the underlying Akamai platform, one of the world’s largest interconnected cloud platforms. The platform provides a common delivery fabric with robust security controls that multiple service offerings can leverage, operating as both platform as a service (PaaS) and software as a service (SaaS) solutions.
Akamai Cloud groups its services into three main categories covering cloud infrastructure and deployment tooling, workforce and API protection, as well as global delivery and performance enhancing utilities: Build, Secure, and Deliver.
FedRAMP High-appropriate services
Federal agencies pursuing FedRAMP High authorization can leverage a comprehensive suite of Akamai security and performance services, including:
Secure category:
- Akamai Guardicore Segmentation: Zero Trust network segmentation
- App & API Protector: Advanced application and API security
- Enterprise Application Access: Secure Zero Trust application access
- Prolexic: DDoS protection and mitigation
Deliver category:
- Edge DNS: Highly available and secure DNS services
- Global Traffic Management: Intelligent traffic routing and load balancing
- Ion: Web performance optimization
- mPulse: Real user monitoring and analytics
The Akamai Cloud FedRAMP High initiative focuses on accrediting these services at FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 levels. Akamai accomplishes delivery solutions across different security levels by offering secure workload guidance and configurations that it enforces at multiple infrastructure points within the underlying platform.
Akamai’s FedRAMP High Ready status follows the company’s established track record of serving government customers, and demonstrates its commitment to helping federal agencies modernize their IT infrastructure while maintaining the highest security standards.
Note: FedRAMP High Ready status indicates that a third-party assessment organization (3PAO) attests to a cloud service provider’s (CSP’s) readiness for the authorization process. This status does not constitute final FedRAMP authorization, which a federal agency sponsor or the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board (JAB) must grant.
About Akamai
Akamai is the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online. Our market-leading security solutions, superior threat intelligence, and global operations team provide defense in depth to safeguard enterprise data and applications everywhere. Akamai’s full-stack cloud computing solutions deliver performance and affordability on the world’s most distributed platform. Global enterprises trust Akamai to provide the industry-leading reliability, scale, and expertise they need to grow their business with confidence. Learn more at akamai.com and akamai.com/blog, or follow Akamai Technologies on X and LinkedIn.
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