Regulatory guidance, assessment prep, and compliance analysis for the Defense Industrial Base and public sector.
Continuous MonitoringYou re staring at a CloudTrail alert: three files deleted from your S3 bucket in 13 seconds. Your team needs to determine if this was authorized, who did it, and what else the actor accessed. But you
Contracting & AcquisitionWhat Happened On August 27, the Department of Defense issued a solicitation for commercial encryption software to secure data on weapon systems and acquisition programs. The request set a 30-day respo
Cryptography & EncryptionYour automated scanners just cataloged 847 cryptographic assets across your environment. Your compliance dashboard shows green. Your CBOM submission is ready for review. You re missing half your crypt
Cryptography & EncryptionYour cryptographic inventory looks complete. Your scanning tools ran green. Your dashboard shows 100% coverage across production environments. Then a routine audit uncovers three legacy authentication
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CMMC & DIB AssessmentPurpose of the Template Your CMMC compliance boundary might not be as accurate as you think. Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) often moves beyond the lines drawn on architecture diagrams. This
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.
Laws & Executive OrdersUnderstanding the Current Situation The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) has been extended once more. The House approved a continuing resolution that extends the law s liabili
Identity & Access ManagementOMB s recent memo gives you two years to integrate Login.gov on public-facing websites with user authentication. However, it doesn t ban commercial credential service providers outright. You re facing
FedRAMP ProgramOn August 31, 2026, the FedRAMP 20x program launched Class B and Class C pipelines, replacing the traditional Low and Moderate impact levels with a faster, automation-driven certification model. If yo
Identity & Access ManagementThe Problem: Static Controls Won t Meet the 2026 Deadline You re racing toward the Department of Defense s zero trust implementation deadline with a security stack built for perimeter defense. The Pen
Identity & Access ManagementThe conventional wisdom You ve likely heard the same advice: implement Privileged Access Management (PAM), centralize your identity stores, and you ll prevent breaches like SolarWinds. The logic seems
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
Cryptography & EncryptionThe Pentagon s December 2031 deadline for quantum-safe cryptography has led to vendor pitches, contractor panic, and some bad assumptions about software-only solutions. The recent RFI for interim cryp
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
Cryptography & EncryptionYou ve got until Dec. 31, 2030, to transition high-value assets to post-quantum cryptographic keys, and until the end of 2031 for PQC digital signatures. That sounds like plenty of time. It s not. The
Laws & Executive OrdersFederal agencies face a dilemma. Executive Order 14028 mandates adopting zero trust, modernizing infrastructure, and moving to the cloud. The traditional Authority to Operate (ATO) process, with its e
Supply Chain Risk ManagementYour agency just received another CISA directive with a six-month remediation clock. Your DevOps team is pushing three releases this quarter. Your security team is buried in assessment documentation.
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
