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		<title>Calculating the Costs of CMMC Certification</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Calculating the Costs of CMMC Certification When it comes to Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification in the defense industrial base, the DoD estimates it will cost the private sector $4B to implement CMMC 2.0 to protect the government’s FCI and CUI. This includes nonrecurring engineering costs, recurring engineering costs, assessment costs and affirmation costs. But what ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[No need to paddle against the current when you have A Consultant&#8217;s Guide to Lower-Level Controls for CMMC Certified Third-party Assessor Organizations (C3PAOs), Registered Provider Organizations (RPOs), Certified Assessors (CAs), and Registered Practitioners (RPs) are beginning to mobilize as plans for implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) start to roll out slowly. While the compliance landscape ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to Meet CMMC Compliance Mandates with STIG Automation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2021 14:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How to Meet CMMC Compliance Mandates with STIG Automation Everyone is talking about the cost of complying with the CMMC Compliance Mandate Contractors across the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) are still trying to figure out how to fit CMMC into their long-term business goals. As a DIB member, you might be considering whether the certification ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Video: Accelerating CMMC Certification</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2021 13:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Overwhelmed by the complexity of CMMC certification? Administrative effort, time and contracts on the line&#8230;Contractors all want to do business with the DoD. SteelCloud accelerates CMMC readiness with automation, eliminating months of manual audit prep, speeding up the hardening of infrastructure for CMMC compliance. Shift gears to fast track your certification. SteelCloud’s patented ConfigOS software, ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interview: CMMC Update &#8211; Getting Certified Faster</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2021 12:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CMMC update &#8211; security challenges that keep you up at night In this  latest session in the Cybersecurity TV STIG Compliance Video series, Brian Hajost, CEO and President of SteelCloud answers some of the some of the following questions and provides the latest update and current status on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) mandate. ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With so little guidance on building Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) programs, consultants struggle to help their clients. Meanwhile, a standardized approach to achieving compliance has not been established yet, either. As a Registered Practitioner (RP) or Certified Assessor (CA), your clients rely on your experience, but your unique background might make it hard to ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Preparing for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification onslaught</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 20:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Understanding the potential impact that CMMC will have outside of the DIB For the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), the Department of Defense (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) compliance requirement is the hot news topic of 2021. In fact, across the DIB market, CMMC compliance will probably stay a focus through at least 2025. However, for ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CMMC Center of Excellence Announces Engagement Agreement with SteelCloud</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie Coffey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 21:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SteelCloud partners with CMMC Center of Excellence Automating Policy Compliance, Cloud Configuration Control and Security The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Center of Excellence (CMMC COE), hosted by the Information Technology Acquisition Advisory Council (IT-AAC), a public-private partnership serving the public and private sectors for more than 15 years, is excited to announce a partnership with SteelCloud, ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why DFARS Interim Rule is important and how it connects to CMMC With the Department of Defense (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) looming on the horizon, companies in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) are starting to think about how they can get compliant by 2025. While 2025 might feel a long way off, the ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Best practices for developing Cyber resilience strategy Today’s IT stack is increasingly complex. Companies now have on-premise, public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid infrastructures. The need to create an agile and secure environment is the only way to stay competitive. At the same time, malicious actors keep pounding corporate IT with credential theft, ransomware, and ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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