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		<title>SERIES: A Peek Inside ConfigOS MPO Key Features &#8211; Automated Endpoint Grouping</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Peek Inside ConfigOS MPO Key Features &#8211; Automated Endpoint Grouping Written by Jamie McCoard, Development Manager, SteelCloud As organizations expand their compliance infrastructure, it’s easy for the number of managed endpoints to jump from a handful to thousands. Manually organizing newly deployed systems, assigning policies, and configuring monitoring schedules can become a time-consuming administrative task ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CIS Benchmarks vs STIGs: Which Is Right for You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[STIGs are mandatory for DoW systems; CIS Benchmarks are the commercial standard. Compare both and see how to keep either baseline continuously enforced.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SERIES: A Peek Inside ConfigOS MPO Key Features &#8211; GPO Conflict Identification</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Peek Inside ConfigOS MPO Key Features &#8211; GPO Conflict Identification Written by Jamie McCoard, Development Manager, SteelCloud In many Microsoft enterprise setups, Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are used to manage system settings and security across the organization. GPOs are super helpful for keeping things consistent, but they can also get ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cybersecurity Compliance Has to Outlast the People and Systems Behind It</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity Compliance Has to Outlast the People and Systems Behind It SteelCloud advisor Mike Korgan draws on decades of experience across defense, intelligence and technology to examine how organizations can sustain compliance as environments, priorities and responsibilities change. Cybersecurity compliance is rarely an organization’s primary mission. A defense agency exists to support national security. A ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why Compliance Programs Drift (And 5 Signs Yours Might Be)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why Compliance Programs Drift (And 5 Signs Yours Might Be) Over time, even well-run compliance programs can begin working against the organizations they&#8217;re meant to protect. Often, the culprit is baseline drift. Whether caused by undocumented changes, conflicting policy, or an audit-centric compliance program, baseline drift quietly undermines every downstream compliance metric. And it’s likely ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>5 Things Federal Contractors Must Know About CMMC</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[5 Things Federal Contractors Must Know About CMMC The DoD’s long-anticipated Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) rule entered Phase 1 of its implementation on November 10, 2025. This phase only impacts Level 1 and Level 2 contractors, requiring alignment with CMMC rules and self-assessments of your program. New Phases will be introduced in November 2026, ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What the CMMC Phase II Suspension Means for Contractors and How to Stay Ready</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What the CMMC Phase II Suspension Means for Contractors and How to Stay Ready On July 13, 2026 the Department of War announced significant changes to the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. CMMC Phase II requirements that were supposed to go into full effect on November 10, 2026 have been suspended while the Department ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>STIG Remediation: A Practical Guide to Achieving and Maintaining DISA Compliance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[STIG Remediation: A Practical Guide to Achieving and Maintaining DISA Compliance For those in the DoD or other sensitive government agencies, Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) are the foundation of a secure system configuration. STIG compliance can also be the bane of your existence. This DISA framework is extremely successful at reducing vulnerabilities across operating ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CIS Benchmarks Explained: A Practical Guide to Implementation and Continuous Compliance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CIS Benchmarks explained: levels, covered platforms, a 7-step implementation plan, and how automation keeps you continuously compliant.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Unified Automation:  The Key to Baseline Integrity and Hardening that Holds</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Unified Automation: The Key to Baseline Integrity and Hardening that Holds Cybersecurity readiness is often framed as a point-in-time execution challenge. Policies are written. Baselines are hardened. Audits are passed. And readiness is achieved—at least for the moment. But then security postures that appeared strong during your assessment start to decay in day-to-day operations. Baselines ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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