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CPO-CSO-OVR Overview of the Cloud Service Offering

FedRAMP Consolidated Rules (2026) 2026.10.08.01 against 2026.10.05.01
All changes in this version
unchanged CPO: Certification Package Overview

Title

Overview of the Cloud Service Offering

Control

Providers MUST supply a Certification Package Overview within their FedRAMP Certification Package, in both human-readable and JSON formats, that includes at least all of the information required by the following rules:
- Certification Package Overview: CPO-CSO-MTD (Certification Package Overview Metadata)
- Certification Data Sharing: CDS-CSO-PUB (Public Information)
- Certification Data Sharing: CDS-CSO-SVC (Public Service List)
- Certification Data Sharing: CDS-CSO-IRP (Include Relevant Policies)
- Minimum Assessment Scope: MAS-CSO-IIR (Identify Information Resources)
- Minimum Assessment Scope: MAS-CSO-FLO (Information Flows and Security Categories)
- Minimum Assessment Scope: MAS-CSO-TPR (Third-Party Information Resources)
- Using Cryptographic Modules: CMU-CSO-CMD (Cryptographic Module Documentation)
- Independent Verification and Validation: IVV-CSO-ICP (Inclusion in Certification Package)

Discussion

For FedRAMP Rev5, the Certification Package Overview replaces the historically required System Security Plan (not including appendices).
This list of rules may not apply to all FedRAMP Certification Classes or Types - if a rule does not apply then the information is not required.

Related controls

cds-cso-irp, cds-cso-pub, cds-cso-svc, cmu-cso-cmd, cpo-cso-mtd, ivv-cso-icp, mas-cso-flo, mas-cso-iir, mas-cso-tpr