Smart Compliance with Component Oriented Security Thinking and OSCAL

While traditional, monolithic methods for developing System Security Plans (SSPs) have been effective in the past, they no longer meet the needs of today’s intricate and rapidly evolving digital environment. The emergence of OSCAL and the integration of the Component Definition Model represent a major change in compliance management, resembling the evolution in software development brought about by Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD). Together, the OSCAL CDEF architecture promises a new level of automation with a machine-readable format and streamlines the cumbersome FedRAMP compliance journey for security practitioners.