CR26 trust center rules
What FedRAMP's Consolidated Rules for 2026 require providers to publish and share, in plain language.
Deadlines
| Track | New certifications | Existing certifications | Grace period ends |
| 20x | Jul 4, 2026 | Jan 1, 2027 | First independent assessment started after Jan 1, 2027 |
| Rev5 | Jan 1, 2027 | Aug 1, 2027 | Feb 1, 2028 |
Providers may adopt the rules early, from Jul 4, 2026. Class B, C and D certifications follow every rule below; Class A follows the ones marked “Also Class A”.
Publish public information
Visible to anyone, without signing in.
CDS-CSO-PUBMUSTAlso Class A
Public information
Publish an overview of the offering as both a web page and JSON.
- FedRAMP ID, service and deployment model, business category, UEI number
- Sales and security contacts, product website, logo link
- Service description and list of services in scope
- Secure configuration guidance link
- Overview of the documentation supplied
- Trust center link with access instructions
- Next Ongoing Certification Report date
- Current FedRAMP Recognized assessor
Across 775 published packages
- 774 of 775 pass FedRAMP's schema
- 723 no documentation overview (repositories) listed
- 690 no link to secure configuration guidance
- 639 no business category listed
- 417 no UEI number
- 71 no FedRAMP Recognized assessor listed
Official text
Providers MUST publicly share up-to-date information about the cloud service offering in both human-readable and JSON formats, including at least the following information that is available and applicable: FedRAMP ID; Service Model; Deployment Model; Business Category; UEI Number; Sales Contact Information; Security Contact Information; Product Website Link; Link to Product Logo (must be a valid image link, properly named, that will display in a browser without processing - transparent PNG preferred); Overall Service Description; Detailed list of specific services and their security categories (see CDS-CSO-SVC); Link to Secure Configuration Guidance; Overview of documentation supplied by the provider for the cloud service offering; Link to Trust Center landing page that includes instructions on accessing information in the trust center; Next Ongoing Certification Report date (see CCM-OCR-NRD); Current FedRAMP Recognized independent assessment service.
CDS-CSO-SVCMUST
Public service list
List every service in scope by its marketing name, so buyers can tell what's covered without asking.
Across 775 published packages
Official text
Providers MUST publicly share a detailed list of specific services and their security categories that are included in the cloud service offering using clear feature or service names that align with standard public marketing materials; this list MUST be complete enough for a potential customer to determine which services are and are not included in the FedRAMP Minimum Assessment Scope without requesting access to underlying FedRAMP Certification Data.
CDS-CSO-CBFMUST
Consistency between formats
Generate the web page and the JSON from the same data automatically, so they never disagree.
Official text
Providers MUST use automation to ensure information remains consistent between human-readable and machine-readable formats when FedRAMP Certification Data is provided in both formats.
CCM-OCR-NRDMUSTAlso Class A
Next report date
Publish the target date of the next Ongoing Certification Report.
Across 775 published packages
- 703 no next Ongoing Certification Report date
- 15 next Ongoing Certification Report date is in the past
Official text
Providers MUST supply the target date for their next Ongoing Certification Report with other public FedRAMP Certification Data.
CDS-CSO-AVRMUSTSHOULD for Class A
Availability reporting
Run a status page with at least 30 days of availability and incidents, in web and machine-readable form, that stays up when the service is down.
Official text
Providers with Class B Certifications MUST maintain a web service, available to all necessary parties, that indicates current and historical availability of core services within the cloud service offering over at least the past 30 days, including availability incidents, in both human-readable and machine-readable formats; this service MUST be available even if the primary cloud service offering is unavailable. (Classes C and D read the same; for Class A both MUSTs are SHOULDs. The service may be separate from the trust center.)
Run a FedRAMP-compatible trust center
Where agencies get the full certification data.
CDS-CSO-UTCMUSTAlso Class A
Use trust centers
Store and share certification data in a FedRAMP-compatible trust center.
Across 775 published packages
Official text
Providers MUST use a FedRAMP-compatible trust center to store and share FedRAMP Certification Data with all necessary parties.
CDS-TRC-USHMUST
Uninterrupted sharing
Give everyone who needs it access to the data without interruption.
Across 775 published packages
- 110 of 113 checkable trust centers answered our last check
Official text
Trust centers MUST share FedRAMP Certification Data with all necessary parties without interruption.
CDS-TRC-PACMUST
Programmatic access
Offer documented API access to all certification data, including the documents.
Official text
Trust centers MUST provide documented programmatic access to all FedRAMP Certification Data, including programmatic access to human-readable materials.
CDS-TRC-AAIMUST
Agency access inventory
Keep a list and history of which agency users and systems have access, and give it to FedRAMP on request.
Official text
Trust centers MUST maintain an inventory and history of federal agency users or systems with access to FedRAMP Certification Data and MUST make this information available to FedRAMP upon request.
CDS-TRC-ACLMUST
Access logging
Log every access and keep access summaries for at least six months.
Official text
Trust centers MUST log access to FedRAMP Certification Data and store summaries of access for at least six months; such information, as it pertains to specific parties, SHOULD be made available upon request by those parties.
CDS-TRC-HMRSHOULD
Human- and machine-readable data
Let readers view and download the data both as documents and as machine-readable files.
Official text
Trust centers SHOULD make FedRAMP Certification Data available to view and download in both human-readable and machine-readable formats.
CDS-TRC-SSMSHOULD
Self-service access management
Let agencies add and manage access for their own users and systems.
Official text
Trust centers SHOULD include features that encourage all necessary parties to provision and manage access to FedRAMP Certification Data for their users and services directly.
CDS-CSF-TCMMUSTRev5 only
Trust center migration
When moving to a trust center, tell everyone and leave instructions in your USDA Connect folders.
Official text
Providers MUST notify all necessary parties when migrating to a trust center and MUST provide information in their existing USDA Connect Community Portal secure folders explaining how to use the trust center to obtain FedRAMP Certification Data.
Share certification data
What goes in the trust center, and how agency requests are handled.
CDS-CSO-FRCMUST
FedRAMP Certification Reports
Include FedRAMP's certification reports unmodified, within 2 weeks of receiving them.
Official text
Providers MUST include FedRAMP Certification Reports with their FedRAMP Certification Data without inappropriate modifications, and make such reports available within 2 weeks of receiving the materials from FedRAMP.
CDS-CSO-HADMUST
Historical certification data
Keep a snapshot of the data for each Ongoing Certification Report, for as long as you're certified.
Official text
Providers MUST supply snapshots of FedRAMP Certification Data aligned to Ongoing Certification Reports to all necessary parties; these snapshots MUST be available for the duration of FedRAMP Certification.
CDS-CSO-FIDMUST
Always include FedRAMP ID
Put the FedRAMP ID on all certification data, reports and notifications.
Official text
Providers MUST always include the FedRAMP ID of the related cloud service offering in all FedRAMP Certification Data once assigned, including all reports, notifications, and other communication that results from FedRAMP rules.
CDS-CSO-IRPMUST
Include relevant policies
Include all relevant policies and procedures, with an index giving each one's summary, version and last update.
Official text
Providers MUST supply all relevant policies and procedures in the FedRAMP Certification Data, including a human-readable and machine-readable reference that explains at least the following about each included policy and procedure: Name of policy or procedure; Name of file, document, web page, etc.; Brief summary of policy or procedure; Word count of document; Current version; Date of last update; Related FedRAMP Practices (if applicable).
CDS-CSO-RISMUST
Responsible information sharing
Share enough to support agency decisions, but leave out details that would help an attacker.
Official text
Providers MUST provide sufficient information in FedRAMP Certification Data to support agency authorization decisions but SHOULD NOT include sensitive information that would likely enable a threat actor to gain unauthorized access, cause harm, disrupt operations, or otherwise have a negative adverse impact on the cloud service offering.
CDS-UTC-AGASHOULD
Agency access
Give agencies access to the certification package when they ask.
Official text
Providers SHOULD supply access to the FedRAMP Certification Package with agencies upon request.
CDS-UTC-AADMUSTAlso Class A
Agency access denial
If you deny an agency's access request, tell FedRAMP within 5 business days.
Official text
Providers MUST notify FedRAMP within 5 business days of denying an agency access request for FedRAMP Certification Data.
A summary of FedRAMP rules version 2026.10.08.01. The official rules govern: fedramp.gov · machine-readable source.