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		<title> From IT To CMMC: Implementing A Practical Approach To Cybersecurity </title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From IT To CMMC: Implementing A Practical Approach to Cybersecurity When organizations earn their Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) certification, they feel secure and accomplished. But for Aaron Liebensfeld, SteelCloud&#8217;s Director of IT, CMMC isn’t where the journey ends. Getting certified isn’t the same as staying secure. &#8220;If you treat CMMC like a checkbox, you&#8217;ll ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How CIS Benchmarks Help Protect Water Utilities From Cyberattacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[IT and OT convergence gave attackers a path into water utility PLCs. See how CIS Benchmarks and automation harden the IT systems that can reach your OT.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SteelCloud Announces Daniel Merlau to Advisory Board</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie Coffey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Columbia Business School Strategist Brings Emerging Technologies Perspective to Cybersecurity Readiness  Ashburn, Virginia – September 24, 2026 – SteelCloud LLC, a provider of cybersecurity automation software that unifies STIG and CIS Benchmarks implementation, enforcement, and sustainment, today announced the appointment of Daniel Merlau to its Advisory Board. Merlau brings a strong strategy and applied innovation ...]]></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>A Practical Path to Cybersecurity Maturity in Higher Education</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Practical Path to Cybersecurity Maturity in Higher Education Six Steps to Build More Sustainable Cybersecurity in Higher Education Colleges and universities are balancing growing workloads, increasing technology complexity, staffing challenges, and continued budget pressure. EDUCAUSE has described these conditions as contributing to a “cycle of reactivity,” in which immediate needs consume the time and ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Making The Business Case for CIS Benchmarks Automation in SLED</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Making The Business Case for CIS Benchmarks Automation in SLED (Updated September 2026) The attack pattern against state, local and education organizations has separated from every other sector. For ransomware, Comparitech recorded higher-education attacks rising more than 8 percent in the first half of 2026 against the second half of 2025, even as K-12 attacks ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Six Obstacles to Achieving Cybersecurity Maturity in Higher Ed</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Six Obstacles to Achieving Cybersecurity Maturity in Higher Ed (Updated September 2026) Imagine walking through the longest, darkest, most dangerous alleyway in town every night—with wads of cash sticking out of your pockets. You’ll make it through safely many times. Until you don’t. That is the kind of risk you take with hackers each day ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SERIES: A Peek Inside ConfigOS MPO Key Features &#8211; GPO Conflict Identification</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Peek Inside ConfigOS MPO Key Features &#8211; GPO Conflict Identification Written by Jamie McCoard, Development Manager, SteelCloud In many Microsoft enterprise setups, Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are used to manage system settings and security across the organization. GPOs are super helpful for keeping things consistent, but they can also get ...]]></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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