Perspectives on cybersecurity, compliance, AI, and modernization for federal and state government missions.
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CMMC Level 2* Suspension: that is the headline many defense contractors have seen this summer, but CMMC is not dead. On July 13, 2026, the Department of War suspended Phase 2 of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, which had been scheduled to take effect on November 10, 2026. That is a real change and it matters. But it changed far less than most contractors think.
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25JUN
Learn how federal cybersecurity programs protect government systems, manage cyber risks, strengthen compliance, and support mission-critical operations in 2026.
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18JUN
CMMC Level 2* Self-Assessment vs. C3PAO: What Changes at CMMC Phase 2 TR Posted by Tahmeed Rab May 22, 2026 4 min read The CMMC program phases in over several years, and one transition matters more than any other for most contractors: the sh
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18JUN
Strategy & Governance Writing IT Security Policy People Actually Follow KSG Posted by KSG Team May 11, 2026 4 min read Every organization has security policies. Far fewer have security policies that change behavior. The gap is rarely ab
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18JUN
CMMC Level 2* Scoping CUI: The Decision That Makes or Breaks Your CMMC Cost SM Posted by Shariff Mohsin May 8, 2026 5 min read Before a single control is implemented, one decision quietly determines most of your CMMC cost and timeline: how y
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18JUN
Digital Transformation A Pragmatic Cloud Migration Path for Risk-Averse Agencies SM Posted by Shariff Mohsin May 9, 2026 5 min read For agencies with strict security obligations, "move to the cloud" can sound like "take a risk you cannot af
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18JUN
Risk Management Building Meaningful KRIs and KPIs for Cyber Risk KSG Posted by KSG Team May 14, 2026 4 min read Ask a security team for metrics and you often get a wall of numbers: alerts triaged, attacks blocked, patches applied. These are
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18JUN
Strategy & Governance The ISSO Playbook: Keeping Federal Systems Audit-Ready TR Posted by Tahmeed Rab May 18, 2026 4 min read The Information System Security Officer (ISSO) sits at the intersection of engineering, compliance, and risk.
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18JUN
Artificial Intelligence Human-in-the-Loop: Designing AI Workflows Auditors Can Trust KSG Posted by KSG Team May 17, 2026 4 min read As agencies automate more with AI, a hard question follows every workflow: when something goes wrong, who is
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18JUN
Emerging Tech Governed AI: Putting Copilot to Work Securely in Government TR Posted by Tahmeed Rab June 18, 2026 7 min read Agencies want AI's speed. Security teams fear the exposure. The way through isn't a better chatbot - it's refusing t
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18JUN
Digital Transformation DR and COOP in the Cloud: Designing for the Day Things Break TR Posted by Tahmeed Rab May 23, 2026 4 min read Every system fails eventually, whether from a regional outage, a ransomware event, or simple human error. D
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18JUN
Digital Transformation DevSecOps Without the Friction: Shifting Security Left in Government KSG Posted by KSG Team May 16, 2026 4 min read In too many government programs, security is the gate at the end of the road: development finishes, t
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18JUN
Risk Management C-SCRM: Managing the Risk You Inherit From Your Supply Chain SM Posted by Shariff Mohsin May 21, 2026 4 min read No agency operates alone. Every system depends on vendors, software components, managed services, and cloud pla
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18JUN
Artificial Intelligence Deploying Microsoft Copilot Securely in a Federal Tenant SM Posted by Shariff Mohsin May 10, 2026 5 min read Microsoft Copilot promises real productivity gains, but it inherits whatever access and data hygiene alread
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18JUN
Strategy & Governance Building a Continuous ATO Program Auditors Trust SM Posted by Shariff Mohsin May 4, 2026 4 min read A traditional Authority to Operate (ATO) is a photograph. It captures a system at one moment, gets signed, and beg
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Compliance Reaching CMMC Level 2*: A Practical Assessment-Readiness Roadmap SM Posted by Shariff Mohsin June 16, 2026 8 min read Mandatory third-party assessments arrive in DoD contracts on November 10, 2026 . Here is the six-step path from
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18JUN
Artificial Intelligence Aligning AI Adoption to the NIST AI Risk Management Framework TR Posted by Tahmeed Rab May 24, 2026 4 min read Most organizations agree AI should be used responsibly. Far fewer have a method for it. The NIST AI Risk
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18JUN
18JUN
Cybersecurity From Alerts to Action: Building a SOC That Cuts Through Noise TR Posted by Tahmeed Rab May 6, 2026 4 min read Most Security Operations Centers do not fail for lack of data. They fail from too much of it. When analysts face tho
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18JUN
Risk Management Turning POA&M Items From a Backlog Into a Risk-Reduction Engine TR Posted by Tahmeed Rab May 7, 2026 4 min read For many agencies the Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) has quietly become a graveyard. Findings go
Read more...* The Department of War is currently reviewing the requirements for CMMC Level 2, and will provide an update by October 2026.
