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		<title>The Dopamine of Passing the Audit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Dopamine of Passing the Audit Point-in-time hardening feels like an ending, but continuous monitoring is what holds the baseline. By Ar-Raheem Ellis, Senior Program Manager of Strategic Accounts, SteelCloud. 25.5 years in Navy cybersecurity and IT, ending as an Operations Branch Chief of the Fleet Cyber Command Office of Compliance and Assessments. If I ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Compliance Status Is Not a Readiness Report</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Compliance Status Is Not a Readiness Report Why the metrics that prove compliance say almost nothing about operational cyber readiness. &#160; By Ar-Raheem Ellis, Senior Program Manager of Strategic Accounts, SteelCloud. 25.5 years in Navy cybersecurity and IT, ending as an Operations Branch Chief of the Fleet Cyber Command Office of Compliance and Assessments. When ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Simplifying STIG Compliance Across NIPR and University Environments with Automation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Simplifying STIG Compliance Across NIPR and University Environments with Automation The dance of manual STIG compliance: Two steps forward, one step back Hardening and maintaining a single environment to STIG requirements is already difficult, but one organization in the -Pacific region presented us with the need to manage both NIPR and University environments, adding another ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CUSTOMER SUCCESS: Unifying STIG Compliance Across Separate NIPR and University Environments</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Unifying STIG Compliance Across Separate NIPR and University Environments Managing STIG compliance across separate NIPR and University environments left one organization’s cybersecurity team juggling manual remediation, complex GPOs and disconnected solutions. With hundreds of Windows endpoints to secure, the team needed a more efficient way to maintain hardening standards while meeting each environment’s distinct requirements. ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>From IT To CMMC: Implementing A Practical Approach To Cybersecurity </title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From IT To CMMC: Implementing A Practical Approach to Cybersecurity When organizations earn their Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) certification, they feel secure and accomplished. But for Aaron Liebensfeld, SteelCloud&#8217;s Director of IT, CMMC isn’t where the journey ends. Getting certified isn’t the same as staying secure. &#8220;If you treat CMMC like a checkbox, you&#8217;ll ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie Coffey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Columbia Business School Strategist Brings Emerging Technologies Perspective to Cybersecurity Readiness  Ashburn, Virginia – September 24, 2026 – SteelCloud LLC, a provider of cybersecurity automation software that unifies STIG and CIS Benchmarks implementation, enforcement, and sustainment, today announced the appointment of Daniel Merlau to its Advisory Board. Merlau brings a strong strategy and applied innovation ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Peek Inside ConfigOS MPO Key Features &#8211; Shield Update with Commander Written by Jamie McCoard, Development Manager, SteelCloud Keeping endpoint software up to date is a critical part of maintaining a secure and compliant environment. However, manually updating Shield software across dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of endpoints can be time-consuming, error-prone, and difficult to ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Practical Path to Cybersecurity Maturity in Higher Education Six Steps to Build More Sustainable Cybersecurity in Higher Education Colleges and universities are balancing growing workloads, increasing technology complexity, staffing challenges, and continued budget pressure. EDUCAUSE has described these conditions as contributing to a “cycle of reactivity,” in which immediate needs consume the time and ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DATA SHEET: 7 Reasons to Automate CIS Benchmarks in Higher Education</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[7 Reasons to Automate CIS Benchmarks in Higher Education Higher education institutions must secure complex, distributed environments without adding more manual work to already stretched IT teams. This data sheet explores seven ways CIS Benchmarks automation can help institutions accelerate implementation, reduce repetitive tasks, maintain consistent policies, correct configuration drift, and strengthen cybersecurity across campus ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cybersecurity 101: Creating Higher Standards for Higher Education</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity 101: Creating Higher Standards for Higher Education (Updated September 2026) The consequences stopped being hypothetical some time ago. In February 2026, a ransomware attack took down the IT systems and electronic health record at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Clinics closed across the state. Roughly 650 surgeries were delayed. Staff worked from paper ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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