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		<title>The Dopamine of Passing the Audit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Dopamine of Passing the Audit Point-in-time hardening feels like an ending, but continuous monitoring is what holds the baseline. By Ar-Raheem Ellis, Senior Program Manager of Strategic Accounts, SteelCloud. 25.5 years in Navy cybersecurity and IT, ending as an Operations Branch Chief of the Fleet Cyber Command Office of Compliance and Assessments. If I ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Compliance Status Is Not a Readiness Report</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Compliance Status Is Not a Readiness Report Why the metrics that prove compliance say almost nothing about operational cyber readiness. &#160; By Ar-Raheem Ellis, Senior Program Manager of Strategic Accounts, SteelCloud. 25.5 years in Navy cybersecurity and IT, ending as an Operations Branch Chief of the Fleet Cyber Command Office of Compliance and Assessments. When ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Simplifying STIG Compliance Across NIPR and University Environments with Automation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Simplifying STIG Compliance Across NIPR and University Environments with Automation The dance of manual STIG compliance: Two steps forward, one step back Hardening and maintaining a single environment to STIG requirements is already difficult, but one organization in the -Pacific region presented us with the need to manage both NIPR and University environments, adding another ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CUSTOMER SUCCESS: Unifying STIG Compliance Across Separate NIPR and University Environments</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Unifying STIG Compliance Across Separate NIPR and University Environments Managing STIG compliance across separate NIPR and University environments left one organization’s cybersecurity team juggling manual remediation, complex GPOs and disconnected solutions. With hundreds of Windows endpoints to secure, the team needed a more efficient way to maintain hardening standards while meeting each environment’s distinct requirements. ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Educator’s Guide to CIS Benchmarks Adoption</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CIS Benchmarks for higher education: how universities standardize hardening across campuses, support GLBA and PCI DSS, and stop configuration drift.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Is eMASS? Understanding DoD Cybersecurity Authorization and Compliance</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[eMASS is the DoD system for managing cybersecurity authorization. See how eMASS supports RMF, ATO, STIG evidence and CSRMC — and build stronger packages.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CIS Benchmarks vs STIGs: Which Is Right for You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[STIGs are mandatory for DoW systems; CIS Benchmarks are the commercial standard. Compare both and see how to keep either baseline continuously enforced.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why Compliance Programs Drift (And 5 Signs Yours Might Be)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why Compliance Programs Drift (And 5 Signs Yours Might Be) Over time, even well-run compliance programs can begin working against the organizations they&#8217;re meant to protect. Often, the culprit is baseline drift. Whether caused by undocumented changes, conflicting policy, or an audit-centric compliance program, baseline drift quietly undermines every downstream compliance metric. And it’s likely ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CHECKLIST: 5 Signs Your Compliance Program is Working Against You</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[5 Signs Your Compliance Program is Working Against You Is your compliance program making security harder than it should be? This free checklist helps you identify five warning signs that operational friction is undermining your compliance efforts. Use it to assess your current approach, uncover hidden risks, and determine whether your program is built for ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>7 Reasons to Automate Your CMMC Program</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[7 Reasons to Automate Your CMMC Program See how ConfigOS helps defense contractors reduce the time and effort behind CMMC by automating security configuration implementation, remediation, and sustainment. Explore seven benefits of building a more scalable, sustainable approach to compliance. Download the free data sheet now! ]]></description>
		
		
		
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