Certification brings AI-powered risk intelligence and continuous vetting to federal agencies safeguarding national security and the defense industrial base

, /PRNewswire/ — Craft, the supplier intelligence platform helping procurement and supply chain teams make faster, better-informed vendor actions, today announced it has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Class C Certification in partnership with Knox Systems (Knox), the largest, longest-running federal managed cloud. Trusted by more than 40 U.S. government organizations including the Department of War (DoW), Craft’s AI-powered platform allows federal agencies to screen and monitor companies for foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI), financial, operational, cyber and regulatory risk before contract, and continuously monitor after contract.

Adversaries increasingly compromise U.S. defense technology and supply chain integrity through capital rather than intrusion, using venture investment, ownership stakes, board seats, information rights, licensing deals and research partnerships to target the small and emerging companies the DoW and nation rely on for innovation. Federal agencies and defense primes vet thousands of these companies each year, and seven new federal mandates in the past year have raised the bar for how thoroughly that vetting is done and documented, requiring agencies to decide faster and more confidently than ever, without additional staff. Yet most vetting is still manual. Analysts spend weeks reaching a single defensible decision, only to see it go out of date as ownership, FOCI, financial, and cyber shift. Craft is the scalable solution to this problem.

Craft replaces manual, spreadsheet-driven screening with validated, streamlined risk infrastructure built for today’s acquisition requirements. Rather than simplistic risk scores, which fail to capture nuance and complexity in the supply chain, Craft delivers decision-grade, audit-ready intelligence using a best in class Data Fabric and highly configured risk frameworks. Craft enables federal teams to maintain decision accuracy at speed and scale, with verifiable, traceable evidence, ensuring compliance. With its FedRAMP Class C Certification, agencies can adopt Craft on a government-approved cloud security baseline, significantly shortening vetting, decisions, procurement and deployment.

Craft gives federal agencies access to:

  • Analyst-ready AI risk reports in minutes that follow federal policy frameworks such as the DoW Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) common risk matrix, with cited evidence, supporting and mitigating factors, suggested mitigations, and a clear record of what was reviewed
  • Continuous risk monitoring that replaces static point-in-time snapshots with background checks and alerts, customized by threshold and severity, covering ownership changes, FOCI, financial viability, cyber posture and security, regulatory actions, and pertinent events
  • Visibility into lower tiers that traces ultimate beneficial ownership, investors, and their locations, board seats, patents, and licensing, politically exposed persons, and blocklists, connecting these signals into a single assessment that surfaces ties a basic check misses
  • Scale without added headcount, demonstrated by one DoW program that monitors more than 30,000 companies with Craft, has tripled its output with the same team, and has cut turnaround from weeks to days.
  • A shared workspace with a full audit trail that lets users across multiple service branches share findings in one place instead of duplicating work, and holds up in compliance reviews, congressional reporting and investigations

“America and its allies’ adversaries don’t need to breach a supply network to compromise our national security. They can invest, buy in, or quietly influence the companies building it,” said Ilya Levtov, Founder and CEO of Craft. “Risk is changing faster than spreadsheets and manual research can keep up with, and global supply chain security demands analysis and decision-making that is both faster and more rigorous than before. This certification reflects our long-term commitment to the national security mission and enables Craft to serve agencies with more secure workflows, delivering intelligence they can act on and thoroughly defend if necessary.”

The rigorous and exclusive FedRAMP program is designed to standardize security assessment for cloud service offerings, accelerating the adoption of government-grade cloud solutions by federal agencies. By hosting Craft in its managed federal cloud, Knox significantly reduced the time and cost of Craft’s certification, putting the platform in front of federal acquisition teams significantly faster than a traditional FedRAMP certification process.

“Agencies are now expected to know exactly who they’re doing business with: who owns a company, who funds it, and whether it’s stable, often on timelines manual reviews can’t meet,” said Irina Denisenko, CEO of Knox Systems. “With its FedRAMP Class C Certification, Craft gives acquisition and security teams continuous, evidence-backed intelligence they can act on and defend, keeping the defense industrial base resilient and mission-ready.”

Agencies can learn more about Craft at global.craft.co. To learn more about FedRAMP Certification via Knox, visit knoxsystems.com.

About Craft

Craft is the supplier intelligence platform trusted by more than 40 U.S. government organizations, including the Department of War, to vet and monitor the companies that do business with the government. Agencies use Craft to speed up due diligence research, monitor risk in real time, and make fact-driven, risk-aware decisions they can defend. Craft replaces manual, spreadsheet-driven vetting with the automated risk infrastructure today’s acquisition requirements demand, keeping the defense industrial base agile, resilient and mission-ready. For more information, visit www.craft.co.

About Knox Systems

Knox Systems operates the largest managed federal cloud, trusted by top agencies and partners across defense and civilian sectors. Built for speed, resilience, and compliance, Knox delivers FedRAMP certification in 90 days – turning the biggest bottleneck in government IT into the fastest path to modernization. Knox proudly serves Adobe, Celonis, OutSystems, Armis, BigID, and more AI and SaaS providers, accelerating secure innovation across the federal landscape. Learn more at knoxsystems.com.

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