In the beginning, Authorium’s engineering team set out to expand its government document processing platform from just two states.
What did they want?
Nationwide eligibility.
They knew traditional approaches would slow them down. Compliance alone can stall growth for months. And their lean DevOps team was already busy keeping existing environments stable.
What followed is now a playbook for anyone who wants to turn daunting compliance into a growth engine.
Key Takeaways
- By leveraging DuploCloud, Authorium achieved StateRAMP Moderate compliance and expanded from just two states to all 50.
- Even with limited DevOps resources, Authorium used automation, IaC, and CI/CD pipelines to streamline operations and maintain security at scale.
- With compliance and provisioning handled automatically, Authorium’s engineers could dedicate more time to growth and delivering value for government agencies.
The Challenge: Government Scale with Government Security
Authorium was founded in 2014 as City Innovate. It powers a document process automation platform that supports significant public sector workflows across:
- Procurement
- Budgeting
- Contracts
- HR
- Grants
The platform now manages more than $50 billion in annual transactions.
To move beyond a two-state footprint, Authorium needed authorization at the level commonly used by states: GovRAMP Moderate. GovRAMP (formerly StateRAMP) aligns to the NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 Moderate baseline. Achieving this means rigorous security controls, continuous monitoring, and third-party assessment. And all the while, you’ve got to maintain velocity for product teams.
The technical requirements included:
- Secure AWS GovCloud deployment with clear separation from commercial regions
- SOC 2 Type II and GovRAMP Moderate alignment, with audit-ready evidence
- Docker containerization for consistent, repeatable deployments
- Infrastructure as Code for rapid, reliable provisioning
- Centralized SIEM monitoring with real-time detection and response
The DuploCloud Approach: Automation Over Accumulation
Rather than assembling compliance infrastructure piece by piece, Authorium partnered with DuploCloud. We helped them leverage a platform that automates control implementation and evidence collection. Meanwhile, they’ve standardized cloud operations.
Speed that matters
Environment setup that typically takes weeks was compressed to hours of configuration. DuploCloud’s Terraform provider reduced the amount of infrastructure code compared to native builds. And its automation took on much of the repetitive, error-prone work that drains engineering focus.
Compliance as a foundation
Instead of hand-building hundreds of controls, Authorium used DuploCloud’s control library and workflows. So you can implement, monitor, and gather evidence for SOC 2 and GovRAMP Moderate. The platform supports assessments by providing standardized configurations. It also includes continuous monitoring rather than manual spreadsheet wrangling.
Security baked in
A Wazuh-based SIEM, vulnerability scanning, and coordinated penetration testing are part of the recommended stack. Security signals flow into one place so teams can respond quickly and keep auditors satisfied with clear, consistent evidence.
Containers that scale
Containerized services give Authorium consistent builds across dev, staging, and production. Containers start in seconds, while virtual machines often take minutes. Now, teams can scale rapidly during surges and recover faster during rollouts.
Implementation: Hours, Not Months
GovCloud landing zone
DuploCloud guided the setup of an AWS GovCloud environment. This includes FIPS endpoints, identity separation, and government-specific networking patterns. This provided a secure foundation for workloads that must remain isolated from commercial regions.
Security and monitoring
From day one, Authorium operated with centralized logging and SIEM visibility and automated vulnerability management. This also includes documented runbooks for incident response. So in the end, the team could demonstrate control effectiveness during assessment.
CI/CD with guardrails
Infrastructure as Code enabled automated builds, tests, and deployments with policy enforcement and audit trails. Approvals, change logs, and evidence were captured as part of normal delivery, not as a last-minute scramble.
Resilient architecture
Container orchestration, autoscaling, and comprehensive monitoring gave Authorium a platform. This way, they could meet demanding throughput while keeping availability high. Authorium now has a 99.996% percent uptime for their environments.
Results: From Two States to a 50-State Addressable Market
Market reach
With GovRAMP Moderate authorization, Authorium moved from two states to nationwide eligibility. This opened the door to a 50-state addressable market without claiming active deployments in every state.
Operational efficiency
Provisioning went from weeks to hours. Deployments became faster and more reliable. And incident response improved through unified telemetry and automated checks.
Focus on customers
Most importantly, the engineering team could focus on features that matter to government users. As Co-CEO Jay Nath put it, “Partnering with DuploCloud has allowed us to focus on growing our company and expanding our market share, rather than getting bogged down with infrastructure maintenance.”
Business impact
Authorium’s growth accelerated. The company reports more than $50 billion in annual transaction volume and earned a place on the 2025 Inc. 5000 at #882 with 482% three-year growth.
What This Means for Government Tech Teams
Compliance does not have to slow you down
Treat controls and evidence as part of your delivery system. Platforms that implement controls as configuration and code can compress assessment timelines and reduce risk.
Containers are the consistency layer
The ability to ship identical workloads across environments while maintaining security boundaries is essential at scale. Containers make it repeatable, fast, and auditable.
Automation compounds
Automating provisioning, policy, monitoring, and evidence collection compounds gains over time. It improves velocity, reduces toil, and makes audits more predictable.
The Bigger Picture: DevOps as a Growth Engine
DevOps for government is not about uptime and release speed anymore. It’s a strategic capability that expands markets. When infrastructure, security, and evidence are automated, you can scale as fast as demand requires while meeting the highest standards.
Authorium proved it is possible to do both. With the right platform, compliance becomes a launchpad rather than a roadblock.
Ready to explore how compliance automation can accelerate your public sector roadmap? The combination of standardized controls, container orchestration, and evidence-ready operations has been proven in high-stakes environments.
FAQs
Why was StateRAMP compliance critical for Authorium?
StateRAMP is required for many state government contracts. So achieving StateRAMP Moderate allowed Authorium to expand nationwide and serve agencies across all 50 states.
How did DuploCloud help Authorium with AWS GovCloud?
DuploCloud guided Authorium through setting up a secure AWS GovCloud presence. We helped provision environments quickly using Terraform and containerize applications for scalability.
What security measures were implemented to maintain compliance?
Authorium’s setup included DuploCloud’s Wazuh-based SIEM, AWS-native security tools, vulnerability scans, penetration testing, and continuous monitoring across all environments.
What was the biggest benefit for Authorium’s engineering team?
The team didn’t have to spend time on infrastructure maintenance anymore. Now, they can focus on product growth and serving government customers with faster, more reliable solutions.
