Continuous ATO Platform
Stop waiting 6-18 months for ATO. Antagon Frontier provides continuous compliance monitoring, AI-assisted artifact generation, and real-time authorization support for IL6 and FedRAMP High systems.
Human Authority: Antagon Frontier assists with ATO preparation and monitoring. Final authorization decisions always remain with designated Authorizing Officials (AOs) and security teams.
01 — The Problem
Defense and federal agencies wait 6-18 months for Authority to Operate (ATO) authorization. Security teams manually collect evidence, map controls, and generate hundreds of compliance artifacts. By the time systems are authorized, the infrastructure has already changed.
Average time from system deployment to ATO approval. Mission-critical capabilities sit idle while teams wait for manual authorization processes.
Security engineers manually screenshot configurations, export logs, and document infrastructure state—prone to errors and inconsistencies.
By the time ATO packages are complete, infrastructure has evolved. Continuous monitoring happens manually through spreadsheets.
02 — The Solution
Antagon Frontier streamlines the entire ATO lifecycle. Our platform continuously collects evidence, maps it to NIST 800-53 controls, validates compliance through adversarial testing (Frontier-Crit™), and generates audit-ready artifacts in real-time for AO review.
Frontier continuously monitors your AWS GovCloud infrastructure, collecting cryptographically signed evidence of security configurations, access controls, and system state.
AI-powered mapping automatically links infrastructure evidence to NIST 800-53 controls, identifying gaps and generating compliance reports with full traceability.
Frontier-Crit™ validates every compliance claim through multi-agent debate, catching errors before auditors do and ensuring artifact accuracy. Validation outputs are advisory and require human approval prior to inclusion in authorization artifacts.
Generate complete SSP, SAP, SAR, and POA&M documents automatically. Every artifact includes cryptographic proof of evidence integrity.
03 — Platform
Frontier deploys in your AWS GovCloud environment with complete IL6 and FedRAMP High compliance. Every component is documented, every artifact is traceable, every claim is validated.
04 — Governance
Frontier architecture aligns with NIST Risk Management Framework and supports the continuous Authorization to Operate (cATO) process. All compliance decisions require human oversight from authorized security personnel.
Frontier assists with evidence collection and artifact generation. All authorization decisions remain with designated Authorizing Officials (AOs) and cannot be overridden by the platform.
Every compliance artifact includes full provenance and cryptographic verification. Security teams can audit the complete chain of evidence collection and validation.
Real-time infrastructure monitoring with automated alerts for control deviations. All findings require security team review before affecting authorization status.
Native support for NIST 800-37 RMF process with automated artifact generation for each phase: Categorize, Select, Implement, Assess, Authorize, Monitor.
Frontier generates control implementation evidence mapped to federal security frameworks. All artifacts are prepared for Authorizing Official review and approval.
05 — Impact
Frontier transforms ATO from an 18-month bottleneck into a continuous process. Security teams shift from manual evidence collection to strategic oversight. Mission-critical capabilities deploy faster with stronger compliance guarantees.
Performance metrics based on pilot deployments with federal contractors. Actual results vary by organization size, complexity, and existing compliance maturity.
06 — Contact
Frontier is currently in pilot with defense agencies and federal contractors. Request access to our research preview or schedule a technical briefing.