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		<title>White Paper: Realizing the Promise of Zero Trust</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 20:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hardening is foundational with Zero Trust. Automation helps.  Establishing Zero Trust goes beyond protecting your perimeter. You also need to put a metal detector at the entrance, secure the locker room, and provide continual surveillance. And ZT is not a one-size-fits-all approach. Instead, the result will be a continuum of solutions and outcomes tailored to ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 16:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[STIG 101: How Do STIGs Work? And why do STIGs break things? There is one truth that everyone who has ever touched a Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) knows—STIGs break things. Systems, apps, and devices that work perfectly well in an unsecure environment “break” when STIGs are applied. There are two sides to this truth. ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What&#8217;s the Scorecard on FITARA?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2022 17:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where you land on FITARA&#8217;s scorecard in 2023 may be more important than you think. To be relevant or not? That is the question. There is a direct correlation between technology modernization and the ability to quickly adapt to the advancement in technologies and innovation needed to thrive amidst a lack of resources, a shortage ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Nobody Has Ever Told You About Compliance Automation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2022 18:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the Cyberworkforce shortage being top of mind for so many right now, we sat down with our own Brian Hajost, Founder and COO, to ask him about his thoughts on this concern and here&#8217;s what resulted. &#160; The hidden staffing benefits of compliance automation. The path to learning a professional craft has always been ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Automation Makes the Workforce Fonder</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2022 19:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Making the workforce place fun again with eMASS automation to accelerate RMF accreditation. There are many reasons to pursue a career in cybersecurity. Across the board, cybersecurity roles offer abundant employment possibilities, competitive pay, growth opportunities, job security, exciting day-to-day tasks, and the chance to make a difference. But what if your day-to-day is neither ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2022 18:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The unique challenges small businesses face in a world of cyberthreats.  When it comes to headline-making cybersecurity incidents, most have one thing in common—large companies usually get all the press. However, small businesses are just as vulnerable, with 43% of all data breaches targeting small businesses. And of those businesses, 60% will close their doors ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Inflation Impacts the Cybersecurity Workforce Shortage</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The cyberworkforce shortage creates the perfect storm for our national security. Everyone is talking about inflation these days. It impacts prices. It affects consumer spending. And it impacts jobs. According to C4isnet.com, “The inflation expectations in 2022 are the highest in decades, which will directly impact the cost to attract and retain a cyber workforce. Even ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Solving the Cyberworkforce Job Vacancies with Automation and IA</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There’s never been a better time to add automation to your cyberworkforce job vacancies shortage. Cyberseek recently reported that the demand for cybersecurity professionals had surged more than 40% over the past year, with some 714,000 cybersecurity vacancies between April 2021 and April 2022. The key word here is “recently.” Because every time we talk ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interview: Making Policy Compliance Work for You &#8211; CIS Benchmarks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 16:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How the CIS Benchmarks and the DISA STIGs come together to form the bedrock principle for policy compliance. What is the best way to manage and configure for best security affect to support the mission and operation? In this CyberSecurity TV episode, Tony Sager, Sr VP Center for Internet Security (CIS), and Brian Hajost, SteelCloud ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interview: Cloud Migration &#8211; Preparing to Move to the Commercial Cloud</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2022 14:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The “how-to” prepare and deliver speed and security for operational capabilities for the commercial cloud explained. In this CyberSecurity TV episode, Maria C. Horton, CISSP-ISSMP, IAM FedRAMP Program Manager/Director, and Brian Hajost, SteelCloud Founder and COO, discuss preparing for migration to the commercial Cloud. Cloud means different things to different people. Cloud is a force ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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