+SCG Secure Configuration Guide
---+SCG-CSO General Provider Responsibilities
------+SCG-CSO-RSC Recommended Secure Configuration
------+SCG-CSO-AUP Use Instructions
------+SCG-CSO-PUB Public Secure Configuration Guidance
------+SCG-CSO-SDF Secure Defaults
---+SCG-ENH Enhanced Capabilities
------+SCG-ENH-CMP Comparison Capability
------+SCG-ENH-EXP Export Capability
------+SCG-ENH-API API Capability
------+SCG-ENH-MRG Machine-Readable Guidance
------+SCG-ENH-VRH Versioning and Release History

SCG Secure Configuration Guide

The Secure Configuration Guide rules help agencies and other customers understand how to configure a cloud service offering securely. These rules require providers to clearly explain the security impact of common settings so customers can make informed configuration choices.

Effective

  • Status: required
  • Current status: Consolidated Rules for 2026
  • Required for initial certification from: 2026-03-01
  • Required for ongoing certification from: 2026-03-01
  • Grace period ends: 2026-07-01

1. Overview

Summary Standard
SCG-CSO General Provider Responsibilities

These rules apply to providers with FedRAMP Certifications of any type.

  • Types: 20x, Rev5
  • Paths: Program, Agency
  • Classes: B, C, D
  • Affects: Providers
SCG-ENH Enhanced Capabilities

These recommendations apply to providers with FedRAMP Certifications of any type.

  • Types: 20x, Rev5
  • Paths: Program, Agency
  • Classes: B, C, D
  • Affects: Providers

1.1 References

1.2 Identified Requirements

1.3 Related Regulations

2. Identified Requirements

Requirements
Source Requirement

3. Related Regulations

Regulations
Source Regulation
  • FedRAMP Consolidated Rules -

    EN: FedRAMP® Consolidated Rules of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), https://www.fedramp.gov/, from their machine-readable version (FedRAMP/rules). Works of the U.S. Government are not subject to copyright protection in the United States (17 U.S.C. § 105; GSA website policies); GSA dedicated its machine-readable FedRAMP content to the public domain worldwide (CC0 1.0). FedRAMP® is a registered trademark of GSA; GRCA is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, GSA or FedRAMP. Divided into sections and converted into the GRCA format, the wording unchanged, linked to the NIST SP 800-53 controls they name. Only the version published by FedRAMP is authoritative.

    DE: FedRAMP® Consolidated Rules des Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), https://www.fedramp.gov/, aus ihrer maschinenlesbaren Fassung (FedRAMP/rules). Werke der US-Regierung sind in den USA urheberrechtlich nicht geschützt (17 U.S.C. § 105; Website-Richtlinien der GSA); die GSA hat ihre maschinenlesbaren FedRAMP-Inhalte weltweit gemeinfrei gestellt (CC0 1.0). FedRAMP® ist eine eingetragene Marke der GSA; GRCA steht in keiner Verbindung zur GSA oder zu FedRAMP und wird von ihnen nicht unterstützt. In Abschnitte aufgeteilt und in das GRCA-Format umgewandelt, der Wortlaut unverändert, mit den genannten Controls aus NIST SP 800-53 verknüpft. Maßgeblich ist allein die von FedRAMP veröffentlichte Fassung.