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		<title>Customization is the Key to Continuous Compliance</title>
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		<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>Customer Success Story: From Failed CORA Audit to Continuous Compliance with Automation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 20:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From Failed CORA Audit to Continuous Compliance with Automation Failing a CORA audit isn’t just a setback. It can put mission-critical operations, contracts, and organizational trust at risk. That was the reality for a Department of Energy lab supporting national security programs, facing a short window to remediate findings before a follow-up audit. Their existing ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to Automate STIG Compliance at Scale in Challenging DoD Environments</title>
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		<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>Take months out of your CORA prep with ConfigOS.</title>
		<link>https://www.steelcloud.com/take-months-out-of-your-cora-prep-with-configos-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Take months out of your CORA prep with ConfigOS. Established in 2010 by DISA, the Command Cyber Readiness Inspection (CCRI) was known to cause sweat to break out on the brows of cybersecurity professionals throughout the DoD. In March 2024, the DoD renamed the program. Today, it’s called the Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment (CORA). SteelCloud’s ConfigOS tool ...]]></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>INDUSTRY BRIEF: The Operational Policy Breakdown &#8211; Why Hardening Fails After the Audit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Operational Policy Breakdown Most organizations don’t fail at hardening during the audit — they fail at sustaining it afterward. Baselines are documented, findings are closed, and dashboards show green. Yet over time, policy drifts from enforcement, validation falls out of sync, and confidence begins to erode. What looks secure on paper becomes fragile in ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Customer Success Story: Going Nuclear on STIG Compliance and Achieving Game-Changing Results</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Customer Success Story: Going Nuclear on STIG Compliance and Achieving Game-Changing Results Key Department of Energy (DoE) groups responsible for stewarding the nation’s nuclear stockpile and supporting national security missions are mandated to implement the federal government’s strictest cybersecurity standards: Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs). But manual tailoring, quarterly updates, limited reporting capabilities, and prolonged ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DATA SHEET: Why Unified Automation Is the Readiness Multiplier</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why Unified Automation Is the Readiness Multiplier Cyber readiness in 2026 is defined by: Speed Consistency Sustained operations under pressure Maintaining that posture requires more than point tools. It requires unified automation. Download the data sheet to learn more!]]></description>
		
		
		
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