Now or Never: Why 2025 Is the Moment to Go FedRAMP-Ready How SWFT, XaaS, and federal IT reform make Knox the right partner at the right time

NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO — February 24, 2026 — Knox Systems today announced that Charles Race, former president of Okta and current general partner at Windproof Partners, has joined the company as a strategic advisor. Race brings decades of experience scaling identity, security, and cloud platforms at enterprise and government scale-expertise that will help guide Knox as it accelerates secure SaaS and AI adoption across federal agencies.

Race served as president of Okta, Inc. from 2016 to 2021, where he helped scale the company into a global leader in identity and access management, supporting millions of users across highly regulated industries. Today, as a general partner at Windproof Partners, Race advises and invests in companies building foundational infrastructure for secure, cloud-based systems.

As federal agencies modernize their technology stacks, identity, access, and trust have become central to mission success. Knox Systems enables agencies to adopt commercial SaaS and AI securely by providing a FedRAMP-authorized managed cloud and continuous compliance platform-removing the friction that slows modernization while strengthening security and resilience.

“Government modernization requires platforms that are secure by design and built to operate at scale,” said Charles Race, strategic advisor to Knox Systems. “Knox has established itself as a trusted partner to federal agencies by making it possible to adopt modern SaaS and AI fast without compromising security. I’m excited to support the team as they continue removing barriers to responsible innovation.”

“Charles has spent his career building and scaling trust on the internet,” said Irina Denisenko, CEO of Knox Systems. “His leadership at Okta helped define how organizations think about identity and security at scale. As government agencies increasingly rely on cloud and AI, his leadership will be invaluable as we help them modernize securely and responsibly.”

Knox Systems operates the largest federal managed cloud and is trusted by leading defense and civilian agencies to secure some of the government’s most critical systems. With more than 15 active ATOs and a decade of operational experience, Knox continues to set the standard for fast, resilient, and compliant federal cloud adoption.

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About Knox Systems

Knox Systems operates the largest managed federal cloud, trusted by top agencies and partners across defense and civilian sectors. Built for speed, resilience, and compliance, Knox delivers FedRAMP authorization in 90 days - turning the biggest bottleneck in government IT into the fastest path to modernization. Knox proudly serves Adobe, Celonis, Outsystems, Armis, BigID and more AI and SaaS providers, accelerating secure innovation across the federal landscape. Learn more at www.knoxsystems.com.

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SAN FRANCISCO, April 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA CONFERENCE -- Spacelift, creator of the infrastructure orchestration platform that manages the entire infrastructure lifecycle, today announced a partnership with Knox Systems under which the Spacelift Platform will achieve FedRAMP authorization and expand access to U.S. government customers. As part of the partnership, Knox Systems will use Spacelift as its infrastructure-as-code (IaC) platform of record to manage and scale its secure cloud environment across AWS, Azure and GCP.

The announcement was made this morning at the RSA Conference in San Francisco.

Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) provides a standardized, reusable approach to security assessment and authorization for cloud service offerings. This partnership will allow Spacelift to deliver its secure and scalable IaC platform to federal agencies by leveraging Knox's purpose-built, FedRAMP-ready cloud environment. The arrangement means that Spacelift is now on track to achieve FedRAMP authorization quickly, bringing flexible, policy-driven infrastructure automation to federal developers and DevSecOps teams.

As Knox grows its multi-cloud FedRAMP boundary and supports mission-critical applications for government-facing SaaS vendors, the Spacelift Platform will provide the automation, policy enforcement and control necessary for Knox to deploy infrastructure securely, consistently and at scale. The partnership reinforces Knox's commitment to delivering secure, scalable and compliant infrastructure for software vendors looking to enter and grow in the public sector.

"This partnership helps both our companies move more rapidly in providing vital automation and control capabilities to the U.S. government," said Pawel Hytry, CEO of Spacelift. "Knox has a purpose-built boundary and streamlined FedRAMP approach that makes it possible for us to meet the government's high bar for security—without slowing down our roadmap."

"Spacelift is exactly the kind of modern, developer-first platform we want to bring to government buyers," said Irina Denisenko, CEO of Knox. "The Spacelift Platform was the clear choice for our mission critical environments. They deliver the power and flexibility we need to manage a growing, complex infrastructure with confidence. The partnership will unlock a massive new market while empowering agencies to manage infrastructure more securely and efficiently."

About Spacelift
Spacelift is an infrastructure orchestration platform that manages the entire infrastructure lifecycle – provisioning, configuration and governance. Spacelift integrates with existing infrastructure tooling (e.g., Terraform, OpenTofu, CloudFormation, Pulumi, Ansible) to provide a single integrated workflow to deliver secure, cost-effective and resilient infrastructure, fast.

By automating deployment and configuration, providing developer self-service, golden paths with guardrails, and an OPA policy engine, Spacelift empowers businesses to accelerate developer velocity while maintaining control and governance over their infrastructure. Sign up for a demo or a free trial at spacelift.io.

About Knox Systems
Knox is the fastest way for SaaS vendors to get FedRAMP-ready and sell to the U.S. Government. Learn more at knoxsystems.com.

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NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BigID, the leader in data security, privacy, compliance and AI governance, continues its momentum as one of the fastest-growing leaders in data security, privacy, and AI governance announced at the DCA Live Capital Capital Dual Use Event that it is advancing its federal strategy with a rapid path to FedRAMP authorization in partnership with Knox. This move will accelerate how U.S. federal agencies adopt modern data and AI security and unlock BigID's breakthrough AI-driven innovation across civilian, defense, and intelligence missions.

The BigID platform, already deployed across federal agencies, helps teams reduce data and AI risk, meet regulatory mandates, and modernize how they manage sensitive data at scale. It provides unified discovery and controls across cloud, SaaS, and on-prem environments, enforces privacy and security automatically, and strengthens mission resilience with continuous, intelligent governance. By streamlining compliance, BigID lets agencies focus on mission outcomes instead of administration.

Optimized for classified, air-gapped, and hybrid architectures, BigID meets the operational demands of federal agencies and aligns with key government standards including NIST SP 800-53, CMMC, FISMA, EO 14028, and the DoD Zero Trust Framework.

Through its partnership with Knox, BigID is set to achieve this critical authorization in months rather than years. Knox's federal managed cloud, the largest FedRAMP-authorized cloud platform in operation, provides BigID with an accelerated path that bypasses the traditional three-year, multi-million-dollar authorization cycle. The collaboration positions BigID to deliver its platform to federal customers at unmatched speed and scale.

"Federal agencies are at a tipping point – the explosion of sensitive data demands more than traditional compliance tools. It requires deep intelligence and automation," said Brian Rosson, Vice President of Federal at BigID. "By teaming with Knox to rapidly achieve FedRAMP authorization we are extending these capabilities to every corner of government at the pace Federal modernization demands."

By eliminating the FedRAMP authorization bottleneck, Knox reduces compliance timelines from years to approximately 90 days – enabling agencies to adopt secure SaaS and AI solutions at the highest federal standards. Importantly, Knox integrates AI-driven compliance monitoring and real-time threat detection to identify vulnerabilities early and protect mission-critical systems from emerging cyber risks. This means agencies gain faster deployment, lower compliance costs, real-time security insights, and a trusted environment to innovate safely within Federal cloud frameworks.

"Our government needs advanced platforms like BigID to ensure that Federal agencies have mastery over their most critical asset – data," said Irina Denisenko, CEO of Knox. "By expediting BigID's FedRAMP journey, we are making it possible for agencies to unlock new value from their data while upholding the strongest standards of trust, security and compliance. This is about ensuring AI and cloud adoption happen responsibly at the speed our nation requires."

About BigID
BigID helps organizations connect the dots in data & AI: for security, privacy, compliance, and AI data management. BigID enables customers to find, understand, manage, protect, and take action on high-risk & high-value data, wherever it lives.

Customers use BigID to reduce their AI & data risk, automate security and privacy controls, achieve compliance, and understand their data throughout their entire data landscape: from the cloud, on-prem, and everywhere in between.

BigID has been recognized for innovation as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer; named to the Forbes Cloud 100; the Inc 5000 for 4 consecutive years; the Deloitte 500 for 4 consecutive years; Market Leader in Data Security Posture Management (DSPM); Leader in Privacy Management in the Forrester Wave; and an RSA Innovation Sandbox winner.

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Learn more at www.bigid.com.

About Knox Systems
Knox Systems runs the largest FedRAMP Authorized managed cloud platform in the world, bringing a decade-long track record of secure and compliant operations. Trusted by Adobe since 2014, Knox Systems streamlines the path to FedRAMP authorization, enabling vendors to achieve FedRAMP in just 90 days across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Learn more at www.knoxsystems.com.

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WASHINGTON and NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Kovr.ai, the only AI-native cyber compliance automation platform, today announced it has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorization in record-breaking time. By completing the process in just six weeks, Kovr.ai has established the fastest FedRAMP authorization cycle to date, clearing the way for federal agencies and regulated enterprises to deploy automated compliance tools inside secure government environments.

The milestone was achieved through a strategic partnership with Knox Systems. The authorization was achieved through the unique combination of Knox Systems' managed federal cloud boundary and Kovr.ai's AI-native platform, which automatically generates gap analyses, Security Change Requests (SCRs), and the full suite of compliance artifacts required to accelerate the Authorization to Operate (ATO) process. By integrating Kovr.ai's AI-native engine directly into Knox Systems' environment, the companies have successfully compressed a process that typically consumes 18 to 24 months into a 42-day sprint.

"Traditional FedRAMP authorization is a manual, exhaustive process that costs organizations hundreds of thousands of dollars and years of effort," said Sri Iyer, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Kovr.ai. "Kovr's platform delivers real-time, code-driven intelligence to automate compliance with programs like FedRAMP and CMMC. By slashing the time and cost of achieving an ATO, we are proving that security doesn't have to be a barrier to speed."

The authorization highlights a new model for federal cloud security: Knox Systems provides the robust federal cloud infrastructure and inherited controls, while Kovr.ai's platform provides real-time assessment against National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-53 requirements and Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL)-based documentation for continuous monitoring. Together, Knox and Kovr.ai have created a new model for federal cloud authorization: enterprise-grade security infrastructure paired with AI-powered compliance automation that compresses years of manual effort into weeks.

"Kovr.ai represents the exact kind of innovation FedRAMP was designed to unlock," said Irina Denisenko, CEO of Knox Systems. "By operating within the Knox boundary, Kovr achieved authorization in a small fraction of the usual timeline. This is definitive proof that modern AI platforms can meet the most stringent federal security standards without the legacy delays."

Founded by former executives from AWS, Gartner, and PwC, Kovr.ai is a pioneer in the DevOps Continuous Compliance Automation (DCCA) market. As a "compliance copilot," the platform integrates with existing DevSecOps toolchains to provide agencies and vendors a faster, more reliable path to both initial ATO and ongoing assurance through agentic continuous monitoring.

"Compliance shouldn't slow innovation—it should enable it," said Andrew Black, co-founder and CEO of Kovr.ai. "Achieving this authorization through our partnership with Knox demonstrates that AI and automation can meet the highest standards of government security. We are excited to bring these capabilities to the federal ecosystem, helping agencies move faster while remaining mission-ready."

About Kovr.ai
Kovr.ai reinvents cyber-compliance automation with the only AI-native platform designed for cloud and hybrid systems to meet the demands of highly regulated industries. Built on NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, and OSCAL standards, Kovr.ai eliminates manual processes and enables real-time visibility, audit-ready reporting, and automated remediation across frameworks like FedRAMP and CMMC. Trusted by enterprises and government innovators alike, Kovr.ai helps organizations modernize securely and at speed. Learn more at www.kovr.ai.

About Knox Systems
Knox Systems operates the largest managed federal cloud, trusted by top agencies and partners across defense and civilian sectors. Built for speed, resilience, and compliance, Knox delivers FedRAMP authorization in 90 days — turning the biggest bottleneck in government IT into the fastest path to modernization. Kovr.ai joins a growing list of AI and SaaS providers authorized through the Knox boundary, accelerating secure innovation across the federal landscape. Learn more at www.knoxsystems.com.

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