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“Paramify is God’s gift to the compliance world. If you’re going for FedRAMP or DoD IL5, don’t waste your time. Just make the purchase and get it done.” - Matt Topper > President, UberEther
About UberEther:
UberEther is a premier identity and access management (IAM) firm that clears the path for organizations seeking the highest levels of government authorization, including FedRAMP High and DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5).
Through their ATO Advantage platform, they provide the infrastructure that allows customers to inherit 80% of their security controls, drastically accelerating the time-to-market for mission-critical applications.
The Problem: The "5-Pound" Manual SSP Nightmare
UberEther navigated the grueling manual processes of federal compliance for 15 years. As the company grew, the sheer volume of paperwork became a barrier to scaling.
"Our first System Security Plan (SSP) was over 2,000 pages," recalls Matt Topper, President of UberEther. "I used to joke that as long as your SSP weighed at least five pounds when you printed it, you’d pass."
The manual process was miserable. Every time a customer made a minor technical change, UberEther’s team had to hunt through thousands of pages to update references manually.
- The Hiring Trap: For every 2 new customers, Matt had to hire a new full-time employee.
- Documentation Overwhelm: The slowest part of the process, taking up to 9 months to complete a single package and 20+ hours a week to manage POA&Ms.
- Consistency Risks: Manual updates led to human errors — typos or outdated acronyms that auditors would flag as findings, causing unnecessary delays.
"I could look down rows of cubes filled with great people who did nothing but stare at screens and type all day," says Tom Maloney, COO. "It just didn't scale."
The Solution: Moving from Paper to Paramify
For their own ATO and POA&M processes as well as their clients, UberEther replaced their manual workflows and legacy GRC tools with Paramify, the automated documentation platform built to handle the complexities of FedRAMP and DoD compliance.
The impact was immediate. Unlike traditional software implementations that take months, UberEther saw value in 72 hours.
"The onboarding was fantastic," says Maloney. "From signing the contract to seeing value in our org wasn't 90 days — it was literally three days."
Using Paramify Features:
- Risk Solution Simplicity: Updating a single field and having it accurately update the entire 2,000-page security stack.
- OSCAL Automation: Moving from static Word docs to machine-readable, digital delivery.
- Control Inheritance: Seamlessly passing UberEther’s infrastructure protections down to their customers' documentation.
- POA&M Automation: Ditching overwhelming spreadsheets and managing POA&Ms in half the time with less staff.
The Results: 400% More Capacity, 80% Less Labor
The shift from manual typing to automated generation transformed UberEther’s bottom line and employee morale.
1. Exponential Scaling
An UberEther employee could support 1 or 2 customers before drowning in work before Paramify. Today, that same employee can support 6 to 8 customers. They’re helping more clients and moving faster than ever before.
Topper notes, "Now my team comes to me and says, 'I’m bored, give me more projects.'"
2. Drastic Labor Savings
The time required to generate a full SSP Appendix A and 36 core policy documents dropped from 20+ hours of manual work to just 30 seconds.
"We are spending 80% less in labor to get to the same outcome," explains Maloney.
3. Cleaner Audits, Zero Findings
Auditors have reacted with overwhelming approval. Delivering concise, consistent, and "clean" documentation means UberEther is enjoying 2-hour check-ins rather than 8-hour marathon audits.
"When we schedule a week of meetings and the team says we were done in two hours the first day... you can see the trend," says Maloney.
"The packages are clean. They’re not finding anything. When they do, it's very easy for us to go back into the tool exactly where that's written up, make our changes, regen the dock, and right back in their hands within minutes."
— Matt Topper, President
4. Audit Confidence
Beyond the numbers, the UberEther team doesn’t feel anxious about the outcomes. Instead, they’re facing audits with extra confidence.
"My people are happier, healthier, and less likely to get burnout," says Maloney.
5. Security Beyond Compliance
Removing the burden of time-wasting manual documentation has allowed UberEther to shift even more focus to helping clients improve their security.
"I haven't had to hire a whole bunch of new people... but more importantly, the staff that we do have now focuses on true compliance things instead of trying to manage documentation or a spreadsheet. They’re saying, 'How can I help my customers be more secure?'"
— Tom Maloney, COO
6. Painless POA&Ms
Managing POAMs was a headache and annoyingly time-consuming. UberEther saved 20 hours per update cycle by replacing manual POA&M spreadsheets with Paramify’s automated dashboard, enabling faster vulnerability remediation and reporting.
"The biggest pain point is the POA&M process. It’s extraordinarily painful for anybody dealing with it... So pain is part of what we live with and [Paramify] is a painkiller."
The Paramify + UberEther Advantage
UberEther automated their documentation, improved morale, and unlocked their ability to grow with Paramify. They automated their own compliance process and moved from a linear hiring model to an exponential service model, all while delivering a higher-quality, more secure product.
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