John Allison
Sr. Director of Federal Advisory Services | Optiv + ClearShark
John Allison spent 24 years in the Air Force, doing systems engineering, weapons research, program management, and intelligence analysis. He retired in 2015 and started his civilian career focusing on bringing to market compliant cloud solutions including DoD and FedRAMP offerings for both large companies and small startups. Throughout his career he's been called on as the technical and compliance expert and has a passion for bridging the gap between the Government's need for solutions and innovative non-traditional companies.
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February 06, 2025

Welcome Diligent to the Optiv + ClearShark partner family! Learn how this FedRAMP and DoD IL5-authorized GRC platform simplifies federal compliance....

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February 06, 2025

Explore the evolving landscape of CMMC and proposed FAR rules for protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), their implications, and what....

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October 18, 2024

Discover the newly released CMMC 2.0 guidance from the DoD, addressing the challenges for Defense Industrial Base (DIB) companies. This blog....

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September 24, 2024

One of the most exciting aspects of the updated guidance on FedRAMP coming from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the authorization for the....

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September 20, 2024

As the leader of Optiv + ClearShark’s FedRAMP Advisory Service, I want to share my own FedRAMP journey that led me to putting in the sweat and tears....

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September 13, 2024

Today, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a much-anticipated update to the FedRAMP program. While much of the new guidance was seen....

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