Third Party Assessment Organizations
E1008922
Third Party Assessment Organizations are independent firms accredited to evaluate and validate the security and compliance of cloud service providers for U.S. federal government use.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Third Party Assessment Organization | 1 |
| Third Party Assessment Organizations canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12915760 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Third Party Assessment Organizations Context triple: [Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, uses, Third Party Assessment Organizations]
-
A.
Standards development organizations
Standards development organizations are formal bodies that create, maintain, and publish technical and industry standards to ensure compatibility, safety, and quality across products, services, and systems.
-
B.
Working Group on Evaluations and Compliance
The Working Group on Evaluations and Compliance is a specialized body within the Financial Action Task Force responsible for assessing countries’ adherence to global anti–money laundering and counter-terrorist financing standards.
-
C.
Multistakeholder Advisory Group
The Multistakeholder Advisory Group is a body of diverse stakeholders that advises and helps plan the work and annual meetings of the Internet Governance Forum.
-
D.
Committee for Agencies and Endorsed Organizations
The Committee for Agencies and Endorsed Organizations is a body within the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America that oversees and coordinates the work of affiliated ministries and partner organizations.
-
E.
Independent Evaluation Department
The Independent Evaluation Department is the Asian Development Bank’s autonomous unit responsible for assessing the effectiveness and impact of its policies, strategies, and operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Third Party Assessment Organizations Target entity description: Third Party Assessment Organizations are independent firms accredited to evaluate and validate the security and compliance of cloud service providers for U.S. federal government use.
-
A.
Standards development organizations
Standards development organizations are formal bodies that create, maintain, and publish technical and industry standards to ensure compatibility, safety, and quality across products, services, and systems.
-
B.
Working Group on Evaluations and Compliance
The Working Group on Evaluations and Compliance is a specialized body within the Financial Action Task Force responsible for assessing countries’ adherence to global anti–money laundering and counter-terrorist financing standards.
-
C.
Multistakeholder Advisory Group
The Multistakeholder Advisory Group is a body of diverse stakeholders that advises and helps plan the work and annual meetings of the Internet Governance Forum.
-
D.
Committee for Agencies and Endorsed Organizations
The Committee for Agencies and Endorsed Organizations is a body within the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America that oversees and coordinates the work of affiliated ministries and partner organizations.
-
E.
Independent Evaluation Department
The Independent Evaluation Department is the Asian Development Bank’s autonomous unit responsible for assessing the effectiveness and impact of its policies, strategies, and operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assessment organization type
ⓘ
compliance assessment body ⓘ independent assessment organization ⓘ |
| accreditationBody |
American Association for Laboratory Accreditation
ⓘ
FedRAMP Program Management Office ⓘ |
| accreditationStandard |
FedRAMP 3PAO requirements
ⓘ
ISO/IEC 17020 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
3PAOs
ⓘ
linked to:
3PAO
|
| assessmentBasis |
FedRAMP security baselines
ⓘ
linked to:
FedRAMP security controls
NIST SP 800-53 security controls ⓘ
linked to:
NIST SP 800-53
|
| assessmentScope |
cloud system boundary
ⓘ
implemented management controls ⓘ implemented operational controls ⓘ implemented technical controls ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
standardized security assessments across agencies
ⓘ
trust in federal cloud services ⓘ |
| evaluates | cloud service providers ⓘ |
| evaluatesFor |
regulatory compliance
ⓘ
security posture ⓘ |
| geographicFocus |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| isAccredited | true ⓘ |
| mustBe |
free from conflicts of interest
ⓘ
organizationally independent from cloud service provider ⓘ |
| mustMaintain |
appropriate professional liability insurance
ⓘ
documented quality management system ⓘ qualified assessment staff ⓘ |
| operatesInContextOf | U.S. federal government cloud services ⓘ |
| performs |
documentation review
ⓘ
independent security assessment ⓘ penetration testing ⓘ testing of implemented controls ⓘ vulnerability scanning ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
independent assessment of cloud service providers
ⓘ
validation of compliance requirements ⓘ validation of security controls ⓘ |
| produces |
Security Assessment Plan
ⓘ
Security Assessment Report ⓘ test procedures and evidence ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Joint Authorization Board ⓘ |
| recognizedByAbbreviation | JAB ⓘ |
| sector | government cloud security ⓘ |
| servesStakeholder |
FedRAMP Program Management Office
ⓘ
cloud service providers ⓘ federal agencies ⓘ |
| supportsProcess |
FedRAMP authorization
ⓘ
FedRAMP security assessment ⓘ continuous monitoring assessments ⓘ |
| usedInProgram | Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program ⓘ |
| usedInProgramAbbreviation |
FedRAMP
ⓘ
linked to:
FedRAMP Program Management Office
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Third Party Assessment Organizations Description of subject: Third Party Assessment Organizations are independent firms accredited to evaluate and validate the security and compliance of cloud service providers for U.S. federal government use.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.