Framework overlap

Does SOC 2 cover FedRAMP Rev 5?

You hold SOC 2 and have been told to do FedRAMP Rev 5. Here is how much overlaps, control by control.

50% of FedRAMP Rev 5 you already have

SOC 2 already covers about 50% of FedRAMP Rev 5, leaving 6 of 12 controls as genuinely new work.

Already covered 0 Likely covered 6 New work 6

No control in SOC 2 maps directly to one in FedRAMP Rev 5. Everything counted as covered is covered because both map to the same third standard, which is what a crosswalk is, but it is an inference rather than a lookup.

What is genuinely new work

Nothing in SOC 2 reaches these. This is the list to scope.

FedRAMP-3PAO
3PAO Assessment, FedRAMP Marketplace and Accreditation
FedRAMP-NIST-800-53-Rev5
Coordination with NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 + FedRAMP High + FedRAMP Moderate frameworks
FedRAMP-OMB-M-24-15
OMB Memorandum M-24-15 (July 2024) - FedRAMP modernization
FedRAMP-Program
FedRAMP Program establishment, PMO and authorization paths
FedRAMP-StateRAMP-GovRAMP
Coordination with StateRAMP, GovRAMP and state + local + tribal government cloud authorization
FedRAMP-Status
FedRAMP Rev 5 - corpus status, baseline references, M-24-15 modernization pipeline
Show the 6 you already have
FedRAMP-Baselines
FedRAMP Baseline Selection (Low, Moderate, High, LI-SaaS) and Control Overlay Parameters
FedRAMP-Boundary
Authorization Boundary, SSP, SAR, POA&M documentation
FedRAMP-ConMon
Continuous Monitoring (ConMon) and Significant Change Requests
FedRAMP-IncidentReporting
FedRAMP incident reporting to PMO and US-CERT
FedRAMP-PII-Privacy
FedRAMP PII processing + privacy controls (NIST 800-53 Rev 5 PT family + Privacy Act)
FedRAMP-SupplyChain-SBOM
FedRAMP supply chain risk management + SBOM (per EO 14028 + NIST 800-218 SSDF)

How this is calculated

Already covered means a mapping runs from a control in SOC 2 to that control. Likely covered means no direct mapping exists but both frameworks map to the same control in a third standard. New work means neither. We keep those separate rather than adding them into one friendlier number, because blending them would present a two-hop inference as a verified fact.

Coverage is not symmetric. Run it the other way and you will get a different number; both are correct.

From 332,959 cross-framework control mappings across 723 frameworks, 531 of them verified against their source documents. It does not tell you that you are compliant: a mapped control means the two standards ask for the same thing, not that you have done it.

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