<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" >

<channel>
	<title>nist 800-53 &#8211; SteelCloud</title>
	<atom:link href="https://www.steelcloud.com/tag/nist-800-53/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://www.steelcloud.com</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:52:08 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>
	hourly	</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>
	1	</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4</generator>

<image>
	<url>https://www.steelcloud.com/wp-content/uploads/favicon.png</url>
	<title>nist 800-53 &#8211; SteelCloud</title>
	<link>https://www.steelcloud.com</link>
	<width>32</width>
	<height>32</height>
</image> 
	<item>
		<title>Top 6 Lessons Learned from Our Clients in 2025</title>
		<link>https://www.steelcloud.com/top-6-lessons-learned-from-our-clients-in-2025/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[All Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Automation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIS Benchmarks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cybersecurity trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nist 800-53]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STIG]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.steelcloud.com/?p=91300</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Top 6 Lessons Learned from Our Clients in 2025 These 6 Things Drove Cybersecurity Implementations in 2025 Whether mandated or elective, building stronger security was on the agenda in 2025. In federal, state and local government agencies, the DIB, higher education and the federal civilian supply chain, implementing standardized, world-class frameworks was a major focus ...]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>eBook: CMMC For Dummies</title>
		<link>https://www.steelcloud.com/ebook-cmmc-for-dummies/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[All Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eBooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Automate CMMC Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Automated STIG Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[center internet security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMMC for Dummies eBook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance automation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ConfigOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CUI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cybersecurity Maturity Model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dod stig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FedRAMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nist 800-171]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nist 800-53]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RMF]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.steelcloud.com/?p=81653</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[CMMC For Dummies simplifies the program’s impact for the leadership of any DoD contractor, both big and small Ashburn, Virginia – July 16, 2025 &#8211; SteelCloud LLC, a leading STIG and CIS compliance automation software developer, announced today the release of the updated 3rd edition of “CMMC For Dummies,” an eBook to help Defense Industrial ...]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>15 Ways to Benefit from CMMC Certification.</title>
		<link>https://www.steelcloud.com/15-ways-to-benefit-from-cmmc-certification/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[All Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Automation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cybersecurity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DIB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DoD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nist 800-53]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NIST SP 800-171]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STIG]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.steelcloud.com/?p=89903</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[15 Ways to Benefit from CMMC Certification. With Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) entering RFPs en masse in 2025, the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) is scrambling to become compliant. CMMC tells the DoD you’re their partner in protecting the warfighter and safeguarding sensitive information like FCI and CUI. It assures them you’re ready to thwart ...]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Establishing a System Hardening Baseline</title>
		<link>https://www.steelcloud.com/establishing-a-system-hardening-baseline/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2024 21:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[All Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CDM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cis controls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance mandates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ConfigOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DevOps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DFARS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DoD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FedRAMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information assurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nist 800-53]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STIG compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stig policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[system hardening]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.steelcloud.com/?p=82266</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Securing your enterprise against internal and external threats requires several critical steps to establish a system hardening baseline. Systems hardening is a collection of tools, techniques, and best practices to reduce vulnerability in technology applications, systems, infrastructure, firmware, and other areas. The goal of systems hardening is to reduce security risk by eliminating potential attack ...]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Assessing Risk in the Government Software Supply Chain</title>
		<link>https://www.steelcloud.com/assessing-risk-in-the-government-software-supply-chain/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[All Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[critical software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EO 14028]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nist 800-53]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk assesment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SBOM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secure configuration management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[securing the software supply chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software supply chain]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.steelcloud.com/?p=89027</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Assessing Risk in the Government&#8217;s Software Supply Chain &#160; Critical elements of a risk assessment. &#160; In 2020, hackers found their way into the back door of an IT performance monitoring solution called Orion, made by SolarWinds. And through this breach, the 30,000 organizations that used the Orion solution became vulnerable. More than 18,000 customers ...]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>eBook: Making Your Move to the Commercial Cloud</title>
		<link>https://www.steelcloud.com/ebook-making-your-move-to-the-commercial-cloud/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[All Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eBooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Automated STIG Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIS Benchmarks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cloud migration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commercial cloud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FedRAMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modernization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nist 800-171]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nist 800-53]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security Technical Implementation Guide STIG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software bill of materials]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.steelcloud.com/?p=86858</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Increase your preparedness with continuous security monitoring and remediation. There are five reasons people are moving to the Cloud. SteelCloud focuses on “Preparedness”, helping customers move securely to the Cloud, implementing continuous STIG and CIS security monitoring, and increasing baseline security and consistency while significantly reducing time and effort. Our patented ConfigOS automation software makes ...]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>eBook: Securing Operational Technology in Highly Regulated Industries</title>
		<link>https://www.steelcloud.com/ebook-securing-operational-technology-in-highly-regulated-industries/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[All Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eBooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Automated STIG Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIS Benchmarks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyber ready workforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cybersecurity workforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DIB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FedRAMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nist 800-171]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nist 800-53]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security Technical Implementation Guide STIG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STIG automation]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.steelcloud.com/?p=87646</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Best practices for securing Operational Technology and Industrial Control Systems In this free eBook you will learn how to deploy a holistic approach to STIG and CIS alignment where a coordinated effort managing OT and IT makes sense. ConfigOS automation identifies vulnerabilities, mitigates control issues, streamlines compliance, improves ATO accuracy and speed, and maintains a secure baseline ...]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>eBook: How to Beat the Cyberworkforce Shortage</title>
		<link>https://www.steelcloud.com/ebook-how-to-beat-the-cyberworkforce-shortage/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2023 13:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[All Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eBooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Automated STIG Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIS Benchmarks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyber ready workforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cybersecurity workforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DIB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FedRAMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nist 800-171]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nist 800-53]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security Technical Implementation Guide STIG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STIG automation]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.steelcloud.com/?p=87418</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Rethinking employment strategies to beat the Cyberworkforce shortage. Eliminate manhour shortages in your compliance effort. Whether you’re trying to achieve STIG, CIS, CMMC or eMASS alignment or compliance, everyone encounters the same roadblocks—shortages of time, money and, especially, manhours. This eBook addresses the strategies to overcome these challenges, despite a workforce shortage and the rising cost ...]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>eBook: CIS Benchmarks Compliance Success Guide</title>
		<link>https://www.steelcloud.com/ebook-cis-benchmarks-compliance-survival-guide/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2023 20:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[All Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eBooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[authorization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Automation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIS Benchmarks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIS Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cis controls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIS Implementation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[integration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nist 800-53]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STIG and CIS compliance automation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[system drift]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[system hardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[system level controls]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.steelcloud.com/?p=88568</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[eBook: CIS Benchmarks Compliance Success Guide Understanding cybersecurity and compliance often feels mysterious and overwhelming, but it doesn&#8217;t have to be. Consider this eBook your survival guide in the CIS Benchmarks journey. In this guide you&#8217;ll learn:   System-Level Controls   Continuous Compliance (Implementation and Assessment)   Conflict (and Compliance!) Resolution    Creating New Secure ...]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>CBOM: Bridging the Gap Between Authorization and Operations</title>
		<link>https://www.steelcloud.com/cbom-bridging-the-gap-between-authorization-and-operations/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2023 15:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[All Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CBOM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compliance Bill of Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CUI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Order]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nist 800-53]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SBOM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software bill of materials]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.steelcloud.com/?p=88463</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[CBOM: Bridging the Gap Between Authorization and Operations Everyone in the cybersecurity field knows what a software bill of materials (SBOM) is. Mandated by the President’s Executive Order on Improving Our Nation’s Security the SBOM is intended to enhance supply chain security. Like the ingredients list on a bag of processed snacks, the SBOM is ...]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
