Case Study: FedRAMP achieves secure cloud compliance with HashiCorp Terraform

How To Build Secure-By-Design Infrastructure As Code In Terraform That Meets The Standards Of Fedramp Regulations

FedRAMP needed a way to support secure cloud infrastructure while meeting the demanding requirements of federal security compliance. HashiCorp’s Terraform was positioned as the core product to help them build infrastructure as code that could align with FedRAMP regulations and reduce compliance friction.

HashiCorp’s solution used Terraform modules to standardize and templatize secure-by-design infrastructure, with Terraform Enterprise and Sentinel adding policy enforcement at advisory, soft-mandatory, and hard-mandatory levels. The case study says Terraform can get organizations about 75–85% of the way to full FedRAMP compliance, while Vault, Packer, and Consul can help address the remaining needs, enabling stronger compliance with less manual effort.

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