Your fastest path to federal revenue
Most SaaS companies don't fail to enter the federal market for lack of demand. They fail because FedRAMP is too slow, too expensive, and too unpredictable. The Knox Landing Zone changes that.
Why the federal SaaS market is broken
Despite enormous government demand, the modern software catalog barely reaches federal agencies. The gap is structural.
So why are agencies locked out of modern technology?
Long timelines
Traditional FedRAMP authorization takes 1–3 years before a single agency can buy.
High cost
$1M–$3M+ to get authorized, plus the ongoing burden of continuous compliance.
Low return
Most companies never reach revenue before burning through their budget and runway.
ATOs and Sponsors are non-negotiable
To sell software to the federal government, every company needs three things in place. None of them are optional.
An ATO
An Authority to Operate: the federal government's formal sign-off that your system is secure enough to run.
A federal Sponsor
An agency willing to stand behind your application and accept its risk.
A compliant cloud environment
Infrastructure that meets FedRAMP security requirements end to end, under continuous monitoring.
Even adjacent frameworks require it Companies pursuing CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification) are already required to meet FedRAMP Moderate security for any cloud handling CUI (Controlled Unclassified Information).
The work is required either way. The only question is how you do it.
What is the Knox
Landing Zone?
The Knox Landing Zone is a FedRAMP-authorized cloud environment where SaaS companies deploy their applications and inherit compliance. Instead of building toward your own authorization DIY and reinventing the wheel, you operate within the already-authorized landing zone.
One authorization. Four steps to scale.
Knox holds the authorization. Your application inherits it, and one boundary becomes access to every federal customer.
Provider holds the ATO
Knox maintains FedRAMP authorization on behalf of the entire ecosystem.
Companies land their apps
SaaS companies deploy into the Landing Zone instead of building their own environment.
Apps inherit authorization
Applications inherit ATOs and continuous monitoring from day one.
Scale across agencies
One authorization unlocks access across every federal customer.
The hardest part of FedRAMP, already done
Building the underlying security infrastructure is the largest and most complex portion of compliance. The Landing Zone eliminates it.
Companies inherit
- Infrastructure security
- Network protections
- Logging and monitoring
- Vulnerability management
- Identity and access controls
- Continuous monitoring systems
Roughly 80% of the FedRAMP control burden lives here, and it ships with the boundary.
You focus on
- Application-specific controls
- Organization-level requirements
A fraction of the work: the part that's actually unique to your product.
The Landing Zone flips the slow, expensive DIY model, so the government can focus on the mission, and businesses can focus on their products. Build once, operate immediately, scale faster.
Two paths to FedRAMP. Only one is fast.
You build the entire process and reinvent the wheel.
- Build your own environment from scratch
- Secure your own Sponsor and ATO
- Pay for your own audit (~$500K+) and ongoing compliance
- Wait 18–36+ months before any revenue
You operate within the landing zone, achieving authorization while saving time and money.
- Deploy into an existing authorized environment
- Inherit ATOs from top Sponsors
- Operate inside a compliant boundary with auditing included
- Go live in ~90 days
Line by line, the math is decisive
The Landing Zone is your fastest path to FedRAMP
Stop reinventing the wheel.
Start selling to the government in less than three months.
FedRAMP authorization · ~90 days · ~90% lower cost