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TX-RAMP

Texas's risk and authorization management program for cloud services used by state agencies and public higher education. Level 1, Level 2, and Provisional are service-offering certifications—not company-wide certifications.

Program Manual 4.0 · Texas Department of Information Resources

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from the registry record
What is TX-RAMP?
Texas's risk and authorization management program for cloud services used by state agencies and public higher education. Level 1, Level 2, and Provisional are service-offering certifications—not company-wide certifications.
Who does TX-RAMP apply to?
TX-RAMP applies to cloud services, SaaS, state government, higher education, US-TX, per Texas Department of Information Resources.
What is the current version of TX-RAMP?
The current edition is Program Manual 4.0, issued by Texas Department of Information Resources. Source: https://dir.texas.gov/information-security/texas-risk-and-authorization-management-program-tx-ramp/tx-ramp-eligibility.
What does an assessment under TX-RAMP require?
No control catalog has been ingested for TX-RAMP yet — the registry tracks it as planned (Tracked metadata: we name the regime and monitor its issuing authority. No control or requirement model is implemented), so an assessment under this framework currently requires the authority's own catalog rather than a ControlFrame-parsed one.

01Standing

Directory entry

Authority and version facts, with a parsed public catalog when available; no tenant blueprint or executable evidence method is activated.

TX-RAMP is tracked in the registry — authority, version ledger, verification — and nothing else is modelled for it yet. Import its catalog to begin.

Texas DIR publishes the program manual and baseline spreadsheets. Pin Manual 4.0 and the applicable Level 1 or Level 2 baseline before normalization.

02Registry record

checked 2026-08-30
Registry status
Planned · namedTracked metadata: we name the regime and monitor its issuing authority. No control or requirement model is implemented.
Control units
Not on record — no catalog ingested and no authority-published count cited.
Control families
Level 1 low-impact baseline · Level 2 moderate/high-impact baseline · Provisional certification · Fast Track assessment · FedRAMP and GovRAMP reciprocity
Applies to
cloud services · SaaS · state government · higher education · US-TX
Verification
Primary — the issuing body's own page was read and states this version. checked 2026-08-30

03Version ledger

2 editions
Program Manual 3.1Supersededdate not published
Program Manual 4.0Current edition · supersedes Program Manual 3.1date not published

06Related frameworks

scored from registry facts
  1. Also applies to cloud services · A standardized assessment, authorization, and continuous-monitoring program for cloud services used by state and local governments, built on NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5. Core, Ready, and Authorized are service-offering statuses—not company-wide certifications. StateRAMP rebranded to GovRAMP on 2025-02-14; StateRAMP, Inc. remains the legal entity operating under the GovRAMP name.

  2. CSA STARSTAR Level 1 and Level 2

    Also applies to cloud services · The Cloud Security Alliance's cloud-assurance program and public registry. Level 1 is a CCM/CAIQ self-assessment; Level 2 is a third-party certification or attestation path. Tracking STAR does not place ControlFrame or any customer on the registry.

  3. Also applies to cloud services · The Cloud Security Alliance's cloud-control framework and companion assessment questionnaire for cloud providers and customers. CSA publishes 207 CCM v4.1 controls across 17 domains and 283 CAIQ questions; tracking them does not claim STAR registration, certification, or attestation.

  4. Also applies to cloud services · The Cloud Security Alliance's vendor-neutral control framework for cloud-based AI systems, with implementation and auditing guidance plus the companion AI-CAIQ. It is a control catalog, not by itself a certification or STAR for AI designation.

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