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		<title>The Dopamine of Passing the Audit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Dopamine of Passing the Audit Point-in-time hardening feels like an ending, but continuous monitoring is what holds the baseline. By Ar-Raheem Ellis, Senior Program Manager of Strategic Accounts, SteelCloud. 25.5 years in Navy cybersecurity and IT, ending as an Operations Branch Chief of the Fleet Cyber Command Office of Compliance and Assessments. If I ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Compliance Status Is Not a Readiness Report</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Compliance Status Is Not a Readiness Report Why the metrics that prove compliance say almost nothing about operational cyber readiness. &#160; By Ar-Raheem Ellis, Senior Program Manager of Strategic Accounts, SteelCloud. 25.5 years in Navy cybersecurity and IT, ending as an Operations Branch Chief of the Fleet Cyber Command Office of Compliance and Assessments. When ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Simplifying STIG Compliance Across NIPR and University Environments with Automation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Simplifying STIG Compliance Across NIPR and University Environments with Automation The dance of manual STIG compliance: Two steps forward, one step back Hardening and maintaining a single environment to STIG requirements is already difficult, but one organization in the -Pacific region presented us with the need to manage both NIPR and University environments, adding another ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Baseline Security: The Forgotten Pillar of Cybersecurity Awareness Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity Awareness Month covers passwords, MFA and phishing. See why secure configuration is the forgotten pillar, plus a 9-step checklist.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CUSTOMER SUCCESS: Unifying STIG Compliance Across Separate NIPR and University Environments</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Unifying STIG Compliance Across Separate NIPR and University Environments Managing STIG compliance across separate NIPR and University environments left one organization’s cybersecurity team juggling manual remediation, complex GPOs and disconnected solutions. With hundreds of Windows endpoints to secure, the team needed a more efficient way to maintain hardening standards while meeting each environment’s distinct requirements. ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity 101: Creating Higher Standards for Higher Education (Updated September 2026) The consequences stopped being hypothetical some time ago. In February 2026, a ransomware attack took down the IT systems and electronic health record at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Clinics closed across the state. Roughly 650 surgeries were delayed. Staff worked from paper ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[10 Reasons to Automate STIG Compliance Say goodbye to the frustrations of traditional, manual STIG compliance and embrace a future of automation that improves quality, consistency, and delivers an immediate return on investment. Download &#8220;10 Reasons to Automate STIG Compliance&#8221; now!]]></description>
		
		
		
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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>Cybersecurity Compliance Has to Outlast the People and Systems Behind It</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity Compliance Has to Outlast the People and Systems Behind It SteelCloud advisor Mike Korgan draws on decades of experience across defense, intelligence and technology to examine how organizations can sustain compliance as environments, priorities and responsibilities change. Cybersecurity compliance is rarely an organization’s primary mission. A defense agency exists to support national security. A ...]]></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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