# Engineering the Datadog Agent for FedRAMP High® Certification

DevFeed: [Engineering the Datadog Agent for FedRAMP High® Certification](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/engineering-the-datadog-agent-for-fedramp-high-certification-2267.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/engineering-the-datadog-agent-for-fedramp-high/>)

Author: Srdjan Grubor; Nathan Baker

Published: 2026-07-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Datadog | The Monitor blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/datadog-the-monitor-blog.md>)

Topics: [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [cryptographic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptographic.md>), [cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptography.md>), [datadog-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datadog-agent.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [fedramp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fedramp.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [logs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logs.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [network-configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network-configuration.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [traces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/traces.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how Datadog engineered its Agent to meet FedRAMP High requirements in customer-managed environments, emphasizing cryptographic enforcement across Go and Python runtimes.

## Source excerpt

Datadog achieves GovRAMP High authorization, bringing unified observability and security to state and local government agencies for critical systems.