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		<title>Transcending the Fallout of a Failed CORA with Compliance Automation</title>
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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>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>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: From Audit Pressure to Continuous STIG Compliance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Customer Success Story: From Audit Pressure to Continuous STIG Compliance Manual STIG compliance left this Federal Civilian agency operating under constant audit pressure. While audits were passed, Linux system compliance routinely hovered in the 50% range — requiring heavy manual effort and creating risk whenever DISA STIG updates were released. By implementing ConfigOS MPO, the ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Urgency of Action: Gain More Focus on Cybersecurity Initiatives</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Urgency of Action: Gain More Focus on Cybersecurity Initiatives A focused approach to cybersecurity is an automated approach. Between STIG compliance requirements, Zero Trust and CCRIs, DoD agencies have a lot on their cybersecurity plates at a time when the supply of qualified workers is far outnumbered by demand. The constant scramble to meet ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Get Ready for Your CORA During COVID, Command Cyber Readiness Inspections (CCRIs) were put on hold. Now they are back, they are now known as CORA, and, all around the DoD, departments and agencies are preparing for their audits. The CORA doesn’t just address digital security, it also covers the physical security of the workplace ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie Coffey]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Because the CORA (formerly known as CCRI) takes a random sample of machines and averages them, it is important to be hyper-vigilant on the STIG compliance of your entire program at any given time. SteelCloud’s ConfigOS tool provides you with the help you need by not only continuously assessing for STIG compliance, but also easily ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Knock knock. Who’s there? CORA. WHAT?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie Coffey]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment After a hiatus at the hands of COVID, CCRI inspections are back (and now known as CORA). A Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment, or CORA, is a DoD-led formal inspection to assure accountability and the security posture of DoD Information Networks according to DoD standards, specifically in the areas of Command, Mission, ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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