UIAO Modernization Atlas

Identity-Driven Infrastructure for FedRAMP Moderate Environments

Published

April 4, 2026

1 The Problem

Federal agencies operating FedRAMP Moderate environments contend with fragmented identity systems, manual compliance evidence collection, and no cross-service telemetry. Legacy ICAM, network, and compliance tools operate as independent silos — each authoritative within its domain, none aware of the others. When an identity event occurs — a joiner, mover, or leaver — there is no deterministic way to trace its effects across all dependent systems in real time.

The consequence is twofold: security gaps widen between identity events and their downstream enforcement, and compliance evidence remains point-in-time rather than continuous.

2 The Solution

The Unified Identity-Addressing-Overlay Architecture (UIAO) is a drop-in overlay that restores cross-service telemetry and identity correlation in FedRAMP Moderate environments where native platforms cannot. UIAO sits atop existing vendor stacks — Azure Active Directory, Cisco ISE, Palo Alto Networks, Infoblox, Microsoft Sentinel — and provides deterministic identity-to-addressing correlation, real-time drift detection, and OSCAL-native compliance automation. No rip-and-replace of existing infrastructure is required. Existing authorizations, integrations, and tooling are preserved; UIAO adds the correlation layer they lack.

3 Key Outcomes

Outcome Description
Leaver Killswitch: <120 seconds An identity termination event propagates to network enforcement (ISE policy, DNS/DHCP revocation, SD-WAN segmentation) within two minutes, deterministically.
Continuous Compliance Evidence Control satisfaction is captured at event time, not assembled at audit time. OSCAL artifacts reflect current posture rather than a snapshot.
Cross-Service Telemetry Correlation Identity events, network state changes, and security signals are correlated in a single data model. No manual log correlation required.
OSCAL-Native SSP and POA&M System Security Plans and Plans of Action and Milestones are generated directly from the UIAO canon. FedRAMP 20x machine-readable submission is supported natively.

4 Six Control Planes

UIAO is organized as six discrete control planes. Each plane owns a specific operational domain; together they form a closed-loop system where identity state drives all downstream enforcement and compliance reporting.

Six control planes: Identity, Addressing, Overlay, Telemetry, Management, Governance, shown as a left-to-right flow.

UIAO Six Control Plane Architecture
Plane Domain Representative Components
Identity Authentication, authorization, joiner/mover/leaver lifecycle Azure Active Directory, Cisco ISE
Addressing IP address, DNS, and DHCP lifecycle correlated to identity Infoblox DDI/IPAM
Overlay Network segmentation, path enforcement, micro-perimeter Palo Alto NGFW, Cisco SD-WAN
Telemetry Event correlation, anomaly detection, continuous monitoring Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk
Management Orchestration, policy distribution, drift remediation Automation layer, API fabric
Governance Compliance artifact generation, provenance tracking, audit evidence OSCAL SSP, POA&M, Component Definitions

5 Who This Is For

This Atlas is written for federal technical and compliance practitioners who own or assess FedRAMP Moderate system authorizations:

  • Federal CISOs and CIOs evaluating identity-driven zero trust architecture
  • FedRAMP Assessors (3PAOs) reviewing continuous monitoring posture and control implementation
  • Compliance Officers responsible for SSP currency, POA&M management, and audit evidence
  • IT Modernization Program Managers replacing legacy ICAM, DDI, and network segmentation infrastructure
  • Security Architects designing zero trust network access in hybrid cloud environments