This webinar examined why cATO breaks down in practice under today’s approval cycles and what has to change to make continuous authorization viable. The discussion focused on shifting authorization from a document-driven activity to an operational capability through automation, compliance as code, policy as code and continuous controls monitoring. Rather than emphasizing documentation, the session centered on enabling security outcomes, real-time visibility into control effectiveness and mission-aligned risk decisions.
Attendees learned:
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Why manual RMF processes and point-in-time authorization struggle to support cATO
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How automated pipelines with built-in compliance processes enable continuous authorization
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The role of compliance as code, policy as code and continuous controls monitoring in scaling cATO
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What this shift means for deploying technology faster while maintaining security and authorization rigor