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5 Steps to Turn Your RMF Backlog Into a Continuous ATO: The CSRMC Migration Playbook
Let's be honest about the legacy Risk Management Framework (RMF): for the last decade, achieving an ATO has been less about actual cybersecurity and more about creative writing. We built three-year "snapshot" ...
When AI Writes Code, Who Governs the Dependencies?
The Department of War'sCall for Solutions on AI-enabled coding capabilities (CDAO_26-01) arrives at exactly the right moment. Today's AI coding assistants have moved beyond experiments in productivity to becoming the basis for ...
DoE Publishes 5-Year Energy Security Plan
What happened The DoE published a 5-year energy security plan for fiscal years 2026 to 2030 through the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response. The plan sets three goals: develop ...
What Golden Dome Requires from Federal DevSecOps Teams
The threat environment facing the United States is growing more complex and interconnected. Executive Order 14186 identifies the threat of attack by ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, along with other advanced aerial ...
OMB Rolled Back the Rules. Security Did Not Get Easier
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)'s decision to rescind M-22-18 and M-23-16 and replace them with M-26-05 has been framed as a win for flexibility and a rollback of security ...
Securing the Software Supply Chain: A Federal Imperative for 2026
As federal systems continue to underpin mission execution, software supply chain security has moved from a technical concern to a leadership responsibility. In 2026, the ability to understand, manage, and defend software ...
2025 Federal Retrospective: The Year of Resilient Innovation
Resiliency has been top of mind in 2025, and recent high-profile CVEs serve as holiday reminders that adversaries aren't slowing down. But what changed this year was how the federal community responded ...
CRA and AI Regulation: What’s Next for Software Compliance?
The days of postponing cyber regulations are over ...
How MOSA Principles Will Reshape the DoD RMF
The Department of Defense (DoD) faces the dual imperative of accelerating technology adoption to maintain operational advantage while also hardening systems against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats ...
Mastering Software Governance in Air-Gapped Critical Mission Environments
In national security and defense, air-gapped networks remain the gold standard for protecting mission-critical systems. By physically isolating networks from external connectivity, they're protected against remote intrusion, espionage, and supply chain compromise ...
