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Preparing Personnel and Policy for CMMC

To meet CMMC requirements, organizations need a security strategy that integrates technology, people, and policies. It is important to know when to use IT solutions and when to involve HR and leadership ...

Navigating the Frontier of Shadow AI

Employees across every department are experimenting with generative AI tools to write emails, analyze data, summarize documents, and debug code. According to IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report, one in ...
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Using Your MSP to FedRAMP Authorization Time Through Control Inheritance

A FedRAMP Moderate baseline, now classified as Class C under the updated FedRAMP 20x framework, requires documentation and validation of over 300 controls–not an insignificant number, regardless of the enterprise.  Modern IT, ...
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Using FedRAMP To Fast Track Your GovRAMP Market Entry

The barrier between federal and state cloud procurement has effectively dissolved for authorized providers. With StateRAMP’s rebranding to GovRAMP and the FedRAMP RFC-0024 mandate for authorization packages, the opportunity to pursue a ...

Prompt injection: Can a fifth grader steal your data?

Prompt injection lets attackers manipulate AI chatbots using plain English — no technical skills required. Learn how this overlooked vulnerability should reshape your tech acquisition due diligence checklist.The post Prompt injection: Can ...

Prompt injection: Can a fifth grader steal your data?

Prompt injection lets attackers manipulate AI chatbots using plain English — no technical skills required. Learn how this overlooked vulnerability should reshape your tech acquisition due diligence checklist.The post Prompt injection: Can ...
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Navigating FedRAMP’s Move to Certification Classes 

Anchored by the FedRAMP Authorization Act and OMB Memo M-24-15, FedRAMP is undergoing a major change that affects virtually every aspect of how cloud service providers pursue, achieve, and maintain federal authorization ...
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CIRCIA And The Future Of Federal Cyber Incident Reporting

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For years, federal visibility into large-scale cyber incidents has depended on voluntary disclosure tied to regulations. The result has been delayed response coordination and inconsistent data quality. The Cyber Incident Reporting for ...
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What is the Duty of Care in Cybersecurity?

Data privacy and security are often framed as organizational requirements, and as such include discussions of ROI, staffing, compliance, and so on. However, the obligations enterprises and agencies face in protecting data ...
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CMMC Waivers and the Potential for Strategic Certification

As the CMMC program evolves in 2026, following the solidification of the final rule and the timelines for required certification, the Cyber AB wrestles with the need to streamline adoption across contractors ...