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		<title>Datasheet: ConfigOS DashView</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Revolutionize the monitoring of your infrastructure hardening compliance. Dramatically reduce the time spent monitoring, detecting, and maintaining the enterprise&#8217;s DISA STIG/CIS Benchmark infrastructure hardening compliance. ConfigOS DashView is revolutionizing the way organizations monitor and maintain their infrastructure hardening compliance.  Maintaining risk awareness; performing compliance trend analysis; discovering and correcting hardening drift is usually a cumbersome, ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Establishing a System Hardening Baseline</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2024 21:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<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>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2023 08:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An SI&#8217;s best friend can be found in Webster&#8217;s dictionary under the word &#8220;automation.&#8221; Amidst the mounting frequency of cyberattacks and hacking, the Federal government is relentlessly pursuing approaches that harden their systems and thwart attacks. In efforts to ensure our supply chains and cybersecurity, the government tactics require system integrators to meet security standards ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The FYI on CUI</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Get the FYI on CUI to take the worry out of classified unclassified information. The Department of Defense (DoD) is getting closer to finalizing details on the process for contractors to obtain a CMMC certification ahead of the formal program launch in May 2023. CMMC requires contractors, system integrators, and others in the defense industrial ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>When It Comes to CMMC and the DIB, the Early Bird Gets the Worm</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A “cyber secure framework” will go beyond the original discussion in regards to CMMC and the DIB. Over the last two and a half years, the Department of Defense’s CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification) program has undergone multiple changes, revisions, updates, and organizational shifts. As a result, DoD officials expect to include CMMC requirements in federal contracts ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Building Cyber Resilience &#038; Trust into RMF Accreditation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Put a halo around every proposal with cyber resilience. At first blush, “cybersecurity” and “cyber resilience” seem interchangeable. But actually, there are two different approaches to protecting your data. And, if you want to work with the government, your organization needs a plan for both. While a cybersecurity strategy can help prevent a data breach ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>4 Cybersecurity Challenges Automation Can Neutralize for SIs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2022 14:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Four cybersecurity challenges SIs face in the development stage for compliance. Amidst the mounting frequency of cyberattacks and hacking, the Federal government is relentlessly pursuing approaches that harden their systems and thwart attacks. In efforts to ensure our supply chains and cybersecurity, the government tactics require system integrators to meet security standards internally and as ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Federal System Integrators Generate More Winning Bids</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2022 15:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Want to know how many federal system integrators generate more winning bids and sleep better? Winning government contracts is all about differentiating yourself. Do you offer a better product? Is your budget attractive? Are the proven results you claim extra compelling? If you can differentiate yourself and optimize your budget on the contract, you will ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Move to the Cloud at Cloud Speed</title>
		<link>https://www.steelcloud.com/move-to-the-cloud-at-cloud-speed/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2022 13:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you want to move at cloud speed, automate. As Charles Dickens notes in the opening of his classic novel A Tale of Two Cities, &#8220;It was the best of times and the worst of times.&#8221; We live in an age of wisdom and innovation regarding cybersecurity. Yet, today&#8217;s organizations are also experiencing unprecedented challenges in ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Planning for Cloud Production and the Challenges</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2022 15:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;how-to&#8221; deliver speed and security for operational capabilities for cloud production is explained. Cloud means different things to different people. Cloud is often seen as a “force multiplier,” bringing more functionality and access for businesses and agencies. Cloud has changed the definition of “commercial off the shelf,” says Maria Horton, FedRAMP Program Manager/Director. Cloud ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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