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		<title>Securing Your IoT Environment</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[How to secure your IoT environment. &#160; The IoT ecosystem is having a moment. This year it’s projected that over 85% of enterprises will have more smart edge and IoT devices on their networks than laptops, desktops, tablets or smartphones. Global projections for 2025 also indicate there will be over 75 billion connected smart devices. ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2023 16:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Solving the Challenges of the STIG Compliance Lifecycle The DoD protects its thousands of networks from cybercrime by aligning with DISA STIG policy, hardening both DoD and partner systems against threat. But while significant advances have been made in the areas of threat definition and vulnerability monitoring, less progress has been made in deploying automation ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DEMO Video: Achieve Continuous Compliance at Scale with ConfigOS MPO</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 18:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Achieve Continuous Compliance at Scale with ConfigOS MPO SteelCloud’s NEW ConfigOS MPO (Master Policy Object) software’s advanced multi-tier architecture is specifically designed to ensure continual compliance for remote and transient endpoints. Compliance activities are performed locally by MPO’s lightweight agents. ConfigOS MPO tracks what endpoints are on/off the network while ensuring each has the appropriate ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Nobody Has Ever Told You About Compliance Automation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2022 18:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the Cyberworkforce shortage being top of mind for so many right now, we sat down with our own Brian Hajost, Founder and COO, to ask him about his thoughts on this concern and here&#8217;s what resulted. &#160; The hidden staffing benefits of compliance automation. The path to learning a professional craft has always been ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2022 19:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Making the workforce place fun again with eMASS automation to accelerate RMF accreditation. There are many reasons to pursue a career in cybersecurity. Across the board, cybersecurity roles offer abundant employment possibilities, competitive pay, growth opportunities, job security, exciting day-to-day tasks, and the chance to make a difference. But what if your day-to-day is neither ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2022 18:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The unique challenges small businesses face in a world of cyberthreats.  When it comes to headline-making cybersecurity incidents, most have one thing in common—large companies usually get all the press. However, small businesses are just as vulnerable, with 43% of all data breaches targeting small businesses. And of those businesses, 60% will close their doors ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Inflation Impacts the Cybersecurity Workforce Shortage</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The cyberworkforce shortage creates the perfect storm for our national security. Everyone is talking about inflation these days. It impacts prices. It affects consumer spending. And it impacts jobs. According to C4isnet.com, “The inflation expectations in 2022 are the highest in decades, which will directly impact the cost to attract and retain a cyber workforce. Even ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2022 16:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CUI isn&#8217;t being changed with CMMC 2.0, but DoD&#8217;s enforcement of NIST 800-171 requirements is changing. DoD introduced a lower assurance requirement for contracts deemed not to involve information critical to national security. So, If you are a consultant, system integrator, or member of the defense industrial base, you have probably been thinking a lot ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There’s never been a better time to add automation to your cyberworkforce job vacancies shortage. Cyberseek recently reported that the demand for cybersecurity professionals had surged more than 40% over the past year, with some 714,000 cybersecurity vacancies between April 2021 and April 2022. The key word here is “recently.” Because every time we talk ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interview: Making Policy Compliance Work for You &#8211; CIS Benchmarks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 16:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How the CIS Benchmarks and the DISA STIGs come together to form the bedrock principle for policy compliance. What is the best way to manage and configure for best security affect to support the mission and operation? In this CyberSecurity TV episode, Tony Sager, Sr VP Center for Internet Security (CIS), and Brian Hajost, SteelCloud ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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