Overview
Selling software to government requires an enormous commitment of time, money, and devs.
Archon SDK for Government helps you get compliant faster, letting you spend time developing amazing software and solving real problems in the public sector. The SDK provides compliant-out-of-the-box functionality for key features in your application. You just need to integrate the relevant components into your already-existing software processes, and we'll handle the rest.
The Archon SDK for Government is designed to target NIST 800-53 requirements at the FedRAMP Moderate level. We highly recommend reading More details on FedRAMP for more info on your requirements.
The Process
Integrate
The first step in this process is to integrate our SDKs into your product.
Our public packages contain mock implementations of compliant processes for authentication, logging, auditing, and more. These packages will allow you to integrate and test your user flows in a local development environment before committing to certification.
To get started for free, see Quickstart
Deploy
When your codebase is integrated with our SDKs, you can test your new code in a compliant, production-ready dev environment. This process will allow you to get experience using our DevOps and deployment tools, as well as get a feel for the production-ready Archon for Government runtime. See Architecture for more details.
Once you're deployed on our platform, we can also start writing all of the boring policies and documentation for you. This part of the process is key for passing the next step smoothly.
For more info, see Archon Policy Tools
Audit and sell
Once you're integrated and documented fully, Archon can assist you through the audit process with our trusted (and discounted) audit partners. Talk to your representative via your dashboard for more information. When you're done with the audit, your software will have obtained a favorable security determination, allowing you to begin government contracts immediately.