Quest Software, a data management, cybersecurity and platform modernization company, has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program High authorization for two of its identity security products: Quest Identity Defense and Quest Identity Recovery for Entra ID. Both products are now available through a FedRAMP High authorized offering in Microsoft Azure Government, giving federal agencies, defense contractors and regulated organizations access to identity threat detection and recovery tools that meet the government's most stringent cloud security requirements.
FedRAMP High is a certification framework the US federal government uses to evaluate cloud services handling the most sensitive government data. Achieving High authorization requires meeting a significantly larger set of security controls than lower tiers of the program, and is typically required for systems that process information whose exposure could cause severe damage to government operations, assets or individuals.
Quest Identity Defense is designed to help organizations discover identity exposure, prioritize risks tied to privileged accounts, contain threats before they spread, and protect critical identity infrastructure. Quest Identity Recovery provides organizations with a tested path to restore Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID environments after ransomware, destructive changes or administrative compromise. Together, the two products address both sides of identity risk management, detection and recovery, within the same platform.
The certification expands the reach of Quest's Security Management Platform, which the company describes as a unified, AI-powered platform for Identity Threat Detection and Response and secure Microsoft identity modernization. Quest said the platform is relevant for federal civilian agencies and Department of Defense organizations that require FedRAMP High SaaS security, as well as for regulated industries including healthcare, financial services and energy, state and local government, education institutions, and Defense Industrial Base organizations that handle controlled unclassified information and export-controlled technical data.
Tod Weber, President and General Manager of Quest Software Public Sector, Inc., described the threat environment driving demand for higher-assurance identity solutions: "There has been a rapid rise in AI-driven threats that is allowing attackers the ability to find unique vulnerabilities, giving them easier access to an organization's crown jewels, and that is the identity layer. With our FedRAMP Class D (High) solution, Quest now gives customers more peace of mind in their identity systems that demand mission-critical assurance."
The FedRAMP High authorization follows Quest's acquisition of Anetac, an AI-powered security company, which the company said will be integrated into the Quest Security Management Platform. The combined offering is intended to extend unified identity security coverage across protection, containment and recovery for hybrid environments spanning both on-premises Active Directory and cloud-based Microsoft Entra ID.
