FedRAMP Certification Timeline

Official calendar dates come from FedRAMP.gov Important Deadlines (also on the Deadline Center). scm.cc does not publish how many months an offering will take to certify — that duration is an estimate we do not have a sourced methodology for, so it is omitted.

Educational resource only. scm.cc is not a FedRAMP Recognized Independent Assessor (3PAO) and is not FedRAMP-authorized; it grants no authorization, certification, or assessment outcome. FedRAMP.gov is the authoritative source. This is not legal advice.

Technical detail

This page lists DEADLINE_FACTS (official) and explicitly omits a duration estimate. Certification-timeline (guide) and /deadlines are related, not duplicates of a guessed Gantt.

How to implement

Plan against official CR26 overall dates. Walk the get-certified journey in parallel; duration depends on class, evidence, and assessor availability — none of which this page invents.

Official dates (not duration estimates)

DateMilestoneKind
2026-07-04Consolidated Rules for 2026 in effect for widespread adoptionofficial
2026-07-04New FedRAMP 20x applications must follow CR26official
2027-01-01New FedRAMP Rev5 applications must follow CR26official
2027-01-01Active 20x offerings must follow CR26 (or corrective action)official
2027-06-11No new applications for FedRAMP Rev5 Certificationofficial
2028-02-01Default CR26 grace periods expireofficial
2028-12-31CR26 practices expire no later than this dateofficial

Questions teams ask

How long does certification take?
scm.cc does not publish a month count. Official CR26 dates are on the Deadline Center. Duration is omitted, not guessed.

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Last verified 2026-10-11. FedRAMP.gov is authoritative.

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