--- title: Tips for Moving to a SaaS Model for Hardware and... description: Hardware and software vendors moving toward SaaS or hybrid SaaS models face new challenges beyond multi-tenant infrastructure and subscription billing: they... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/tips-for-moving-to-a-saas-model-for-hardware-and-software-vendors-phsvjsi6z twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Tips for Moving to a SaaS Model for Hardware and Software Vendors | daily.dev og:description: Hardware and software vendors moving toward SaaS or hybrid SaaS models face new challenges beyond multi-tenant infrastructure and subscription billing: they... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/tips-for-moving-to-a-saas-model-for-hardware-and-software-vendors-phsvjsi6z og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PhsVJsI6z.png og:image:alt: Tips for Moving to a SaaS Model for Hardware and Software Vendors og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Tips for Moving to a SaaS Model for Hardware and Software Vendors **[Teleport](https://daily.dev/sources/teleport)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Hardware and software vendors moving toward SaaS or hybrid SaaS models face new challenges beyond multi-tenant infrastructure and subscription billing: they must strengthen security and compliance around infrastructure access controls. Customer data hosting raises the stakes for insider threats (83% of surveyed IT/security experts couldn't guarantee ex-employees lost infrastructure access), and enterprise customers increasingly demand SOC 2 Type II certification and, for federal customers, FedRAMP compliance (325 controls for Moderate, 421 for High). Hardware vendors adding remote support and vendor-hosted control planes must also address least-privilege access, session recording, audit logging, and secure remote code execution detection. Teleport is pitched as a solution used by companies like Snowflake, Carta, Nutanix, VMware, and Elastic. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many controls do I need to meet for FedRAMP Moderate vs FedRAMP High compliance? FedRAMP Moderate requires meeting 325 controls, while FedRAMP High requires meeting 421 controls. These control sets are used to certify cloud service providers, including SaaS vendors, seeking to sell to federal government customers, and represent significantly stricter requirements than typical B2B SOC 2 certification. _Vendors planning a federal SaaS push can track compliance and infrastructure access guidance on daily.dev._ ### What percentage of companies can't guarantee ex-employees no longer have infrastructure access? 83% of respondents in a survey of 1000 IT, DevOps, and security experts said they could not guarantee that former employees no longer had access to their infrastructure. This insider-access risk is especially costly for SaaS providers, since a breach involving customer data can average around $4 million, rising above $400 million for mega breaches exceeding 50 million records. _Teams tightening offboarding and access revocation processes can follow related security practices on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Caught in the great SaaS squeeze](https://daily.dev/posts/caught-in-the-great-saas-squeeze-sjwgvq0w9) · InfoWorld · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [SaaS, Self-Hosted or Air-Gapped: Choosing a Deployment Model for Kubernetes Optimization](https://daily.dev/posts/saas-self-hosted-or-air-gapped-choosing-a-deployment-model-for-kubernetes-optimization-q3jcdbnos) · Cast AI · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/tips-for-moving-to-a-saas-model-for-hardware-and-software-vendors-phsvjsi6z) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Tips for Moving to a SaaS Model for Hardware and Software Vendors","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/tips-for-moving-to-a-saas-model-for-hardware-and-software-vendors-phsvjsi6z","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/tips-for-moving-to-a-saas-model-for-hardware-and-software-vendors-phsvjsi6z"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:22:48.600Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:52:50.045Z","description":"Hardware and software vendors moving toward SaaS or hybrid SaaS models face new challenges beyond multi-tenant infrastructure and subscription billing: they...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Teleport","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Teleport","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Dw-Bbw6O--/c_limit,w_256/f_auto,q_auto/v1787487494/logos/teleport?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/teleport"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/tips-for-moving-to-a-saas-model-for-hardware-and-software-vendors-phsvjsi6z","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Teleport","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/teleport"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Tips for Moving to a SaaS Model for Hardware and Software Vendors"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/tips-for-moving-to-a-saas-model-for-hardware-and-software-vendors-phsvjsi6z#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How many controls do I need to meet for FedRAMP Moderate vs FedRAMP High compliance?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"FedRAMP Moderate requires meeting 325 controls, while FedRAMP High requires meeting 421 controls. 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