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		<title>Stay CORA-Ready with Automated Cybersecurity Compliance</title>
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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>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>A Look into the Future of Cybersecurity in the Water Industry.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Securing the Future: Cybersecurity Challenges and Solutions for the Water Industry The EPA recently issued a report stating that more than 300 drinking water systems have cybersecurity vulnerabilities that could lead to functionality loss, denial-of-service (DoS) conditions, and customer information compromise. These systems serve roughly 110 million Americans. In fact, a recent attack in New ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Amplify Zero Trust with Automation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 17:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Amplify Zero Trust with Automation Skydivers use two parachutes. Homeowners have more than one lock on their doors. Stores have both security guards and cameras. You’ll often find the things we value the most are protected in multiple ways. The same is true with Zero Trust and STIGs. The two work together to ensure the ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>STIG 101: Who Can Use STIGs?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[STIG 101: Who Can Use STIGs? They aren’t just for the Department of Defense. Extensive research. Seasoned knowledge. And a standardized approach. As it turns out, the federal government knows what it is doing when it comes to cybersecurity. Security Technical Implementation Guides or STIGs are the result of years of research into threats, vulnerabilities ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Securing Technology in Energy and Other Highly Regulated Industries If you work in a highly regulated industry like energy or  utilities, cybersecurity worries probably keep you up at night. Each day, bad actors send 3.4 billion phishing emails to try to sneak into systems around the world. In addition, in 2022, there were nearly 500 ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cyber Compliance and Cybersecurity Infographic SteelCloud recently polled scores of STIG and CIS compliance leaders to learn their thoughts and challenges regarding government cybersecurity. Some were clients of ours, while others were anonymous. Learn what is most important to today’s leaders and the tools they use to create a hardened baseline and firm foundation for ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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