Regulatory guidance, assessment prep, and compliance analysis for the Defense Industrial Base and public sector.
FedRAMP ProgramThe December 7, 2026 deadline is set. Your agency must review provider vulnerability reports, filter them to your use case, compare PAIN ratings against your impact determinations, and update POA Ms a
Identity & Access ManagementUnderstanding the Impact The recent Cisco ISE authentication bypass (CVE-2026-76460, CVSS 10.0) has raised alarms across security teams. Immediate questions were about usage, patching, and potential d
Cryptography & EncryptionScope This guide outlines post-quantum cryptography (PQC) implementation requirements for federal agencies and defense contractors using systems subject to NIST SP 800-53 , NIST SP 800-171 , FedRAMP a
Laws & Executive OrdersYour agency s post-quantum cryptography roadmap looks impressive. You ve inventoried systems using RSA and ECC, budgeted for algorithm replacements, and are tracking NIST post-quantum standardization.
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Continuous MonitoringYour agency s Zero Trust initiative isn t failing because the architecture is wrong. It s failing because you re repeating the same implementation errors that have derailed dozens of federal programs
Identity & Access ManagementScope - What This Guide Covers This guide focuses on implementing Privileged Access Management (PAM) for federal agencies managing third-party vendor access and Non-Person Entity (NPE) accounts. It ad
Laws & Executive OrdersThe White House s Federal Zero Trust Strategy sets five mandatory goals for agencies to meet by the end of Fiscal Year 2024. If you re responsible for your agency s implementation, you need a structur
Classified Information ManagementTwo memorandums issued in January set binding timelines for multi-factor authentication (MFA) across federal agencies. The National Security Memorandum from January 19 gives National Security Systems
Cloud Security & ProvidersThe Challenge: Meeting New Mandates with Existing Infrastructure Between November 2021 and early 2022, three major legislative and executive actions landed on Federal IT desks: the $1.2 trillion infra
Continuous MonitoringThe Conventional Wisdom Federal agencies rushing to meet zero trust mandates have latched onto a simple formula: continuous security testing equals better security posture. CISA s Zero Trust Maturity
Identity & Access ManagementYour agency s Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) procurement is about to close. Before you sign, ask yourself: does this solution actually meet CISA s Optimal stage, or did you just buy a rebranded VPN?
Classified Information ManagementWhen a Defense Intelligence Agency employee with Top Secret clearance spends three days hand-copying classified documents at his desk, then hides the pages in his socks before leaving work, your monit
Laws & Executive OrdersThe Challenge When President Biden signed the Cybersecurity Executive Order , federal agencies faced an immediate challenge: they had 60 days to develop implementation plans for Zero Trust Architectur
Continuous MonitoringIf you re drafting your agency s logging plan for the November 18 deadline, you re facing two main challenges: OMB s demand for mature enterprise logging capabilities and your budget office s concerns
Authorization & AccreditationThe Real Challenge: Implementing AI Safeguards Without Precedent This isn t about dissecting a breach or compliance failure. It s about addressing a potentially more dangerous issue: the absence of a
Continuous MonitoringYour agency probably collects more security logs than you can use and monitors fewer critical events than you should. CISA s new logging guidance addresses a problem that has persisted across federal
Supply Chain Risk ManagementThe White House is revamping how agencies report cyber supply chain risks, with new metrics soon prioritizing adversarial threats before they infiltrate government systems. If your team conducts suppl
