Embedded specialists
Co-located ISSEs work with your system owners, developers, ISSOs, and security stakeholders. They build the local context that keeps the work moving.
DIRIGA TECHNOLOGIES / ATO-AS-A-SERVICE COLLABORATION
ATO-as-a-Service, delivered through collaboration.
Diriga contributes project management, staffing, and specialized talent to a multi-company ATO-as-a-Service offering.
Our role is to bring the people and project coordination together within a prime-led team. Responsibilities, technical workshare and deliverables are defined in each engagement agreement.
◎YOUR MISSIONAuthorization, by design
01 / PEOPLE
Specialized talent
Specialized talent
02 / EVIDENCE
Defensible artifacts
Defensible artifacts
03 / EXPERTISE
Senior RMF reach-back
Senior RMF reach-back
ONE CONNECTED DELIVERY MODEL
DESIGN EARLYSurface risk before submission
SHARE EXPERTISEScale support across systems
BUILD ON EVIDENCEReuse methods. Tailor each package.
01 / AN ILLUSTRATIVE DELIVERY MODEL
Specialist support for a prime-led team.
A prime-led ATO engagement can connect field engineers with a shared support center. The functions below illustrate a team model; technical ownership, staffing and services are defined in the engagement agreement.
CENTRALIZED REACH-BACK
ATO Support Center
Technical leadership • Quality assurance • Portfolio visibility
RMF & controlsScanning & toolsCVE & STIG guidanceSecurity architectureKnowledge management
↓ EXPERT GUIDANCE / SYSTEM EVIDENCE ↑
Deployable specialists
Support for dispersed and disconnected environments, with staffing, access, clearance, and deployment requirements defined for each engagement.
Cloud & hybridOn-premisesAir-gappedClassified environmentsCONUS / OCONUS
02 / THE AUTHORIZATION JOURNEY
Make the next step visible.
Start with a defined boundary and an agreed plan. Engage security stakeholders throughout delivery, with clear owners for evidence, findings, and decisions.
Define
Establish the system boundary, mission context, stakeholders, access needs, and current authorization status.
Baseline
Review controls, existing artifacts, inherited responsibilities, and gaps. Build a prioritized system roadmap.
Prepare
Develop the evidence package, coordinate assessments, and guide remediation with the system team.
Support review
Address review questions and track findings. The government Authorizing Official retains the authorization decision.
Sustain
Maintain evidence, monitor changes, and support the agreed ongoing assessment and reporting cadence.
Delivery roadmap shown. Exact RMF activities, sequencing, and approval requirements follow the customer’s authorization process.
03 / POTENTIAL TEAM DELIVERABLES
From scattered artifacts
to a defensible package.
The prime-led team defines deliverables and their owners in the agreed scope. Diriga contributes project management, staffing and specialized talent; technical assessment and evidence responsibilities belong to the designated technical team.
SYSTEM EVIDENCE PACKAGE
✓ System baseline
✓ Control responses & artifacts
✓ Findings & POA&M tracking
→ Authorization roadmap
Tailored • Traceable • Reviewable
System-level baseline
Current documentation, authorization status, gaps, dependencies, and a prioritized plan.
RMF documentation support
Control-response development, evidence organization, and package preparation aligned to customer requirements.
Findings & remediation guidance
Scan analysis, recommended resolutions, POA&M support, and corrective-action tracking.
Program visibility
Status reporting, risk and blocker tracking, artifact progress, and agreed performance measures.
Reusable knowledge
Governed templates and lessons learned, with customer-specific evidence kept within its authorized environment.
THE EVIDENCE ENGINE / REUSE KNOWLEDGE RESPONSIBLY
A stronger starting point.
A package built for your system.
Turn repeat questions into a disciplined workflow. Reusable methods reduce blank-page effort while each system’s controls, evidence and decisions remain specific to its environment.
01 / REUSABLE METHODS
Start with structure
Templates, evidence checklists and general control-response patterns establish a consistent starting point.
02 / CUSTOMER BOUNDARY
Tailor and substantiate
Map the system’s implementation and inherited controls. Collect its evidence within its authorized environment.
03 / QUALITY REVIEW
Build a defensible package
Review completeness, document technical rationale and resolve questions with the customer’s security stakeholders.
Knowledge travels. Customer artifacts stay protected.
Customer-specific artifacts remain within their authorized environment. Each engagement establishes its own evidence baseline, ownership and access controls.
04 / THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PROCESS
Complementary expertise.
Clear accountability.
Diriga
Project management, staffing, specialized talent and delivery coordination within the team’s agreed scope.
RMF technical team
Security engineering guidance, documentation and evidence support are assigned to the technical team in the agreed scope.
Prime contractor
The prime contractor leads contract governance and coordinates program delivery. Diriga contributes within its agreed supporting workshare.
The prime contractor, participating organizations, staffing, workshare and deliverables must be confirmed in the engagement agreement.
ATO DELIVERY TEAM
Assess • Advise • Document • Track
SYSTEM OWNER / DEVELOPER
Implement fixes • Validate changes
GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY
Accept risk • Decide authorization
MOBILIZATION / BUILD THE FOUNDATION
Start with a pilot.
Scale with evidence.
A pilot establishes the team, access and system baseline before expansion. The prime and customer agree the scope, staffing, funding and mobilization schedule.
Before kickoff
01 →
Align the engagement
Select pilot systems. Confirm classification and access needs. Reconcile workshare and execute the statement of work.
Initial phase · Agreed schedule
02 →
Mobilize and baseline
Establish Support Center workflows, onboard core security engineers and assess pilot systems. Issue system-specific accreditation roadmaps.
Readiness-led expansion
03 ↗
Measure and scale
Expand capacity as systems become ready and mission demand grows. Refine the model using pilot measurements.
This illustrates a potential mobilization approach. Timing and responsibilities require agreement; the government retains risk acceptance and the authorization decision.
PILOT SCORECARD / BASELINES ESTABLISHED DURING THE PILOT
Speed
Submission cycle time
Blocker resolution time
Artifact completion time
Quality
First-pass acceptance
Submission completeness
Efficiency
Cost per system
Specialist utilization
05 / START WITH A BOUNDED PILOT
A practical first step.
A model built to scale.
Select the initial systems, confirm access and staffing, and establish a baseline before expanding support across your portfolio.
Scope your ATO pilot ↗1
Align
Agree systems, roles, security constraints, and success measures.
2
Mobilize & baseline
Establish support workflows and system-specific roadmaps.
3
Measure & expand
Review artifact progress, findings, review quality, and resource needs.
06 / COMMON QUESTIONS
Know what to expect.
What is Diriga’s role in an ATO engagement?
Diriga contributes project management, staffing and specialized talent to a multi-company ATO-as-a-Service offering. The prime leads the contract, and technical responsibilities are assigned to the designated team in the engagement agreement.
Does the service guarantee an ATO?
No. Authorization is a government risk decision. Timing depends on system readiness, access, remediation, evidence quality, and the authority’s review process.
Who implements technical fixes?
The system vendor or development team. The ATO team assesses, advises, documents, and tracks findings to closure; implementation responsibilities are agreed in the scope.
Can support continue after authorization?
Ongoing support may be included in the prime-led engagement. The agreement identifies who maintains evidence, reviews changes and provides technical guidance, along with Diriga’s staffing and coordination responsibilities.
YOUR NEXT MISSION MILESTONE
Let’s map your path
to authorization.
Bring your system portfolio, current status, and biggest blockers.
We’ll help define the team and the next steps.
