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		<title>Faces of SteelCloud: How Dan Evans Sets Customers Up for Long-Term Success</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 16:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Implementation Advantage: How Dan Evans Sets Customers Up for Long-Term Success When an organization adopts new automation technology, especially in complex, compliance-driven environments, success isn’t just about the software. It’s about how well that software is implemented, understood and adopted. That’s where Dan Evans comes in. As a Senior Systems Engineer on SteelCloud’s white ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to Achieve cATO in the DoD Without Growing Your Compliance Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 15:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How to Achieve cATO in the DoD Without Growing Your Compliance Team Compliance requirements across the DoD are accelerating—quarterly STIG updates, evolving CMMC requirements and the operational demands of Zero Trust are all increasing pressure on already constrained teams. Staffing levels, however, aren&#8217;t keeping pace due to a shortage of qualified (and costly) SMEs and ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Transcending the Fallout of a Failed CORA with Compliance Automation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Transcending the Fallout of a Failed CORA with Compliance Automation When the DoE entrusts you with designing, producing and assembling electrical, mechanical and engineered materials for the nuclear weapons stockpile, it’s critical to adhere to both DoE and DoD cybersecurity standards. So when a lab that contracts to the DoE fails to pass a CORA ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Customization is the Key to Continuous Compliance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Customization is the Key to Continuous Compliance ConfigOS MPO Enables Customization for Continuous Compliance  Cybersecurity frameworks such as DISA STIGs and CIS Benchmarks provide standardized security baselines designed to protect enterprise systems. However, real-world environments rarely match baseline configurations exactly. Organizations often need to tailor security policies to support unique applications, operational exceptions and diverse infrastructure. You ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to Automate STIG Compliance at Scale in Challenging DoD Environments</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ovatekweb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How to Automate STIG Compliance at Scale in Challenging DoD Environments Cybersecurity automation is commonly used throughout DoD environments. But most solutions used to automate STIG compliance fail to efficiently deliver on core requirements—implementing thousands of controls across scores of endpoints, many of which are located in remote, classified or tactical sites. To automate STIG ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stay CORA-Ready with Automated Cybersecurity Compliance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Stay CORA-Ready with Automated Cybersecurity Compliance   Automated Remediation and Reporting: The Unsung Heroes of CORA Readiness While there may still be some question marks in the air about DISA’s Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment (CORA), one thing has become clear—automation can make the journey so much easier. For organizations transitioning from the Command Cyber Readiness ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>5 Signs Your Compliance Program Is Operationally Fragmented</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[5 Signs Your Compliance Program Is Operationally Fragmented Compliance programs don’t just suddenly fail. They quietly erode over time. Baselines slowly drift out of alignment. Tools don’t recognize agreed upon policies and procedures. Audit cycles become cumbersome. And multiple versions of the truth begin to define your program. Many consider this chaos the nature of ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Leaving SCAP Behind for a Unified Automation Solution</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leaving SCAP Behind for a Unified Automation Solution Open-source STIG tools like DISA’s SCAP are a popular choice because they can automate scanning and relieve some of the effort involved in STIG compliance. But once agencies use these types of tools for a while, they all seem to come to the same conclusions—the tools don’t ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Continuous Monitoring: What It Is, Why It Matters and How To Get It Right</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brightlark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Continuous Monitoring: What It Is, Why It Matters and How To Get It Right In today’s rapidly evolving—and increasingly aggressive—threat landscape, cybersecurity can no longer be treated as a periodic activity. Yearly assessments, quarterly scans, and point-in-time audits can’t keep pace with the speed at which systems change or attackers adapt. That’s why continuous monitoring ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Strengthen Cyber Readiness with STIGs and CIS Benchmarks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ovatekweb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Strengthening Your Cyber Readiness CIS Benchmarks &#38; STIGs As the second half of the 2020s gets into full swing, expert cybersecurity predictions are rolling in. Nearly everyone agrees attack surfaces will increase as AI—either your own or your attacker’s—will be used against you. Cross-platform attacks and semi-autonomous malware will be on the rise. Compliance expectations ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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