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.

$100B+ in annual U.S. government software spend
~500 Applications available for federal use
30,000+ Applications available commercially

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.

The result: agencies are locked out of modern technology, and vendors are locked out of a $100B market.

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.

01

An ATO

An Authority to Operate: the federal government's formal sign-off that your system is secure enough to run.

02

A federal Sponsor

An agency willing to stand behind your application and accept its risk.

03

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).

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.

1

Provider holds the ATO

Knox maintains FedRAMP authorization on behalf of the entire ecosystem.

2

Companies land their apps

SaaS companies deploy into the Landing Zone instead of building their own environment.

3

Apps inherit authorization

Applications inherit ATOs and continuous monitoring from day one.

4

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.

Why this matters

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.

• Secure your own Sponsor and ATO
• Pay for your own audit (~$500K+) and ongoing compliance
• Wait 18–36+ months before any revenue | - 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.