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Unlocking FedRAMP with Atlassian Government Cloud

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Customer paying close to a million dollars just in storage costs

Cameron Starman opens a fireside chat with Atlassian senior solution engineers Regina Rivera and Cody Stevens. The conversation focuses on FedRAMP and what Atlassian Government Cloud means for agencies trying to move more of their work into the cloud. The first question is simple: why should government teams look at FedRAMP now, and what is actually pushing them there? The answer starts with apps. Rivera and Stevens explain that a lot of the work right now is getting vendor apps ready for AGC endpoints, and in some cases rebuilding parts of those apps on Atlassian's Forge platform so Atlassian can host them. They say there are about 20 to 25 apps available now, with roughly 90 of the biggest ones still being brought into the environment, and they point to a full release in September. Access is the next hurdle. Government users do not get a normal username-and-password flow for AGC, because it relies on SSO only and needs Atlassian's help with the initial setup. That onboarding is more hands-on than what some customers are used to. Once the SSO configuration is finished, authorized users can log in that way and get to work. The conversation then broadens. Rivera and Stevens describe how cloud adoption pushes teams away from the data-center habits many of them built around deep local control and direct system manipulation. The change is not only technical. It is cultural too, because agencies have to give up some of the older operating model in exchange for a more standard cloud workflow. The final stretch focuses on modernization. The speakers frame cloud as a way to lower overhead, broaden access to Atlassian functions, and let more people use the ecosystem more fully. The tone stays measured. By the end, the episode reads like a practical briefing for public-sector teams trying to sort out compliance, onboarding, app readiness, and the tradeoffs of moving into Atlassian Government Cloud.

As heard by us

A practical look at the app, access, and culture changes behind Atlassian's FedRAMP rollout.

It treats Atlassian's FedRAMP rollout as an operational shift rather than a headline, and that is where it is most persuasive. The focus stays on the concrete friction: apps needing AGC endpoint updates, some requiring redevelopment for Forge, and access moving to SSO-only.

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Why you'd press play

See what changes when FedRAMP turns Atlassian access into an SSO-only, app-by-app project.

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