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		<title>Unified Automation:  The Key to Baseline Integrity and Hardening that Holds</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Unified Automation: The Key to Baseline Integrity and Hardening that Holds Cybersecurity readiness is often framed as a point-in-time execution challenge. Policies are written. Baselines are hardened. Audits are passed. And readiness is achieved—at least for the moment. But then security postures that appeared strong during your assessment start to decay in day-to-day operations. Baselines ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Administrator&#8217;s Guide to System Hardening</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Administrator&#8217;s Guide to System Hardening If cybercrime were gross national product, its revenue would constitute the world&#8217;s third largest economy at $10.5 trillion per year, surpassing the wealth of every nation except the US and China. With an attack occurring every 39 seconds somewhere in the world, you are, beyond a shadow of a ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to Achieve cATO in the DoD Without Growing Your Compliance Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 15:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How to Achieve cATO in the DoD Without Growing Your Compliance Team Compliance requirements across the DoD are accelerating—quarterly STIG updates, evolving CMMC requirements and the operational demands of Zero Trust are all increasing pressure on already constrained teams. Staffing levels, however, aren&#8217;t keeping pace due to a shortage of qualified (and costly) SMEs and ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Transcending the Fallout of a Failed CORA with Compliance Automation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Transcending the Fallout of a Failed CORA with Compliance Automation When the DoE entrusts you with designing, producing and assembling electrical, mechanical and engineered materials for the nuclear weapons stockpile, it’s critical to adhere to both DoE and DoD cybersecurity standards. So when a lab that contracts to the DoE fails to pass a CORA ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Customer Success Story: From Failed CORA Audit to Continuous Compliance with Automation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 20:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From Failed CORA Audit to Continuous Compliance with Automation Failing a CORA audit isn’t just a setback. It can put mission-critical operations, contracts, and organizational trust at risk. That was the reality for a Department of Energy lab supporting national security programs, facing a short window to remediate findings before a follow-up audit. Their existing ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Are Risk Management Frameworks &#8211; 5 Phases &#038; 10 Tenets</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Introducing the 5 Phases and 10 Tenets of the New RMF: CSRMC The average cost of a data breach in the US is $9.48M. In 2023, the cost of cybercrime in the US totaled more than $12.5B, a 22% increase over the previous year. And each year, the number of malware, phishing, ransomware and other ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Features of ConfigOS MPO Data Sheet ConfigOS MPO is designed to establish and maintain a continuous, scalable, and compliant environment. Learn about the key features of this incredible product in our new data sheet! Download Key Features Data Sheet Here UPDATED 9/29/2025]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FAQ: Unified STIG Automation Looking for expert responses to Unified STIG Automation frequently asked questions? This one-pagers offers clarity on key topics such as RMF workflows, AI integration, and system deployment considerations. Click here, or the picture below, to download!]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>eBook: CMMC For Dummies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<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>
		
		
		
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		<title>Data Sheet: How Unified Compliance Automation Optimizes the RMF and ATO Processes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 13:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How Unified Compliance Automation Optimizes the RMF and ATO Processes When organizations become disappointed in the outcomes of their RMF/ATO efforts, the answer is not a need to work harder. It&#8217;s a need to work smarter. Unified Compliance Automation is key. Download the data sheet now! ]]></description>
		
		
		
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