FedRAMP Moderate compliance controls
FedRAMP Moderate compliance controls provide enhancements that help you with FedRAMP Moderate compliance for your workspace.
FedRAMP Moderate compliance controls requires enabling the compliance security profile, which adds monitoring agents, enforces instance types for inter-node encryption, provides a hardened compute image, and other features. For technical details, see Enable the compliance security profile. It is your responsibility to confirm that each workspace has the compliance security profile enabled.
Important
Databricks is a FedRAMP® Authorized Cloud Service Offering (CSO) at the moderate impact Level in the AWS US East-1 and US West-2 (commercial) regions.
US Government agencies can access the Databricks on AWS FedRAMP® package on OMB Max by submitting a Package Access Request Form and submitting it to
info@fedramp.gov.Additional information regarding Databricks and FedRAMP® compliance is located on the Databricks Security and Trust Center.
Which compute resources get enhanced security
The compliance security profile enhancements apply to compute resources in the classic data plane, such as clusters and non-serverless SQL warehouses. This applies in all regions.
Serverless SQL warehouse support for the compliance security profile varies by region. See Serverless SQL warehouses support the compliance security profile in some regions.
Requirements
Your Databricks account must include the Enhanced Security and Compliance add-on. For details, see the pricing page.
Your Databricks workspace is on the E2 version of the platform.
Your Databricks workspace is on the Enterprise tier.
Your Databricks workspace is deployed in AWS region US East-1 and US West-2.
Single sign-on (SSO) authentication is configured for the workspace.
Enabling the compliance security profile at the account level or for specific workspaces.
Enable FedRAMP Moderate compliance controls
To configure your account or workspace to support processing of data regulated by the FedRAMP standard, enable the compliance security profile. One of those steps includes contacting your Databricks representative. When you do so, also request the FedRAMP compliance controls. You will receive additional information and agreements to sign. When ordering, you have the option to enable this functionality across all workspaces on an account, or only on individual workspaces
Does Databricks permit the processing data protected by FedRAMP Moderate?
Databricks permits the processing of data protected by FedRAMP Moderate under the condition of a signed agreement. Contact your Databricks representative for more information.