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Perceptyx Case Study

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The Challenge

Perceptyx, having recently acquired Waggl, a HR/Employee Listening platform who were in midst of pursuing an FedRAMP Moderate Authorization, Gary Everekyan found himself with his hands full. Once Gary started peeling back the layers of the onion, as an experienced CISO who has gone through the FedRAMP process before. The organization was given the daunting task to pursue a FedRAMP authorization.

Perceptyx found themselves in quite a tough position. A full FedRAMP authorization timeline typically takes twelve months. Perceptyx found themselves in a disadvantaged position with only a few months to turn things around. Perceptyx required a full FedRAMP documentation rewrite, engineering expertise, another full 3PAO assessment, and a capable team to ensure execution is flawless.

SITUATION

The organization needed to have the appropriate documentation, tools, technology, and the toughest one of them all – the combination of everything: the culture and maturity. Perceptyx has many talented individuals however, the situation became pivotal as the organization was already undergoing the FedRAMP process and the  acquisition was in the midst of the FedRAMP PMO review and begun identifying key weaknesses of  the acquired company FedRAMP package.

‘‘These guys, sorry, Samurais, (laughs) aren’t just your run-of-the-mill NIST, RMF, FISMA or FedRAMP lackeys. BSIO’s personnel consist of highly technical engineers, architects, and technologists. Not only was BSIO able to integrate with our development and engineering teams, BSIO provided technical solutions from proper DNSSEC Configuration guidance and actual implementation, to working with our development teams and understanding code and providing key recommendations and insights that only someone that has developed or engineered a product before could. I cannot begin to overstate bladestack.io’s value. "
Gary Everekyan
CISO, Perceptyx

Coming to the Solution

Having gone through FedRAMP before, Gary knew this was no ordinary undertaking. He only trusted and knew of only one organization who were capable of not only advising Perceptyx from a technical standpoint, but managerial and operational as well. Perceptyx required absolute experts in their domain and in FedRAMP. Gary decided to partner with absolute proven best advisors. Enter bladestack.io. Our cyber samurais assessed the current position and began putting our cyber art of war into play. The rest is history – Perceptyx is now FedRAMP Authorized, and our cyber-samurais are grateful for having the opportunity to highlight our cyber-skills and help a friend in need. 

RESULTS
Mature Processes

one of the most critical outcomes a FedRAMP authorization process is the maturity of processes your organization will go through. Mature processes accelerate the discipline and effectiveness in how your organization operates.

Peace of mind

– FedRAMP accreditation is a major milestone for a organization, and with any other major life milestone, there is peace and serenity afterwards, even through it’s short-lived, it’s long enough to provide the rejuvenation needed. It’s the sign all the hard work is finally paying off.

SUCCESS FACTORS
FedRAMP Authorization is a team effort

it would be misleading to assume it was not. Having highly talented individuals such as Rick Mendes and Brian Nguyen, allowed Perceptyx to overcome the odds by working collaboratively with the Samurai’s.

Absurdly technical architects

FedRAMP accreditation is a major milestone for a organization, and with any other major life milestone, there is peace and serenity afterwards, even through it’s short-lived, it’s long enough to provide the rejuvenation needed. It’s the sign all the hard work is finally paying off.

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Technical Expertise

BSIO's core team of Senior Advisors have been architecting secure, compliant clouds for the US federal government since before FedRAMP launched.

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FedRAMP Expertise

FedRAMP accreditation is a major milestone for a organization, and with any other major life milestone, there is peace and serenity afterwards, even through it’s short-lived, it’s long enough to provide the rejuvenation needed. It’s the sign all the hard work is finally paying off.

Having gone through FedRAMP before, Gary knew this was no ordinary undertaking. He only trusted and knew of only one organization who were capable of not only advising Perceptyx from a technical standpoint, but managerial and operational as well. Perceptyx required absolute experts in their domain and in FedRAMP. Gary decided to partner with absolute proven best advisors. Enter bladestack.io. Our cyber samurais assessed the current position and began putting our cyber art of war into play. The rest is history – Perceptyx is now FedRAMP Authorized, and our cyber-samurais are grateful for having the opportunity to highlight our cyber-skills and help a friend in need. 

BENEFITS
Confidence in the security of your service

meeting the highest standards in cloud security, your customers know they can trust the products and services you’re providing.

Ability to sell your cloud services to the Federal Government

Because FedRAMP is mandatory for all cloud services used by Federal agencies, you won’t be able to do business without getting your FedRAMP authorization.

FUTURE PLANS

As with most federal compliance programs, the real work begins once your organization has received an ATO. Maintaining a FedRAMP ATO can be even more challenging. Technology changes every day, companies are always looking to provide the best value to the customer, but a lot of organizations believe they are restricted from making significant changes or the FedRAMP program is too restrictive. However, with the proper partners, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Therefore, Perceptyx has engaged bladestack.io as their long-term partner in their federal endeavors.

Perceptyx is the most comprehensive listening solution available to illuminate your employee experience and see your whole organization thrive.