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PCI DSS Compliance 101

PCI DSS Compliance 101

What is PCI DSS? When starting your PCI compliance journey, figuring out what should and should not be included can…

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CKSS Demystifying CMMC 2.0 Framework blog

Demystifying CMMC 2.0 Framework

What is CMMC 2.0? The CMMC framework has existed for years (CMMC 1 guidelines were released in 2019). However, it…

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CKSS CMMC DFARS Compliance Consultants what small businesses should do following breach blog

What Small Businesses Should Do Following the Okta Breach

Okta is one of the world’s largest access management companies that provides customers and organizations with single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor…

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CKSS CMMC DFARS Compliance Consultants Biden Cyber Directive Blog

President Biden 2022 Cyber Directive

In January 2022, President Biden signed a National Security Memorandum intended to modernize cyber security defenses and protect federal government…

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Five Key Takeaways from the August 31, 2021, CMMC-AB Town Hall Meeting 

As the CMMC Accreditation Board continues its march towards certifying CMMC assessors and helping Defense Industrial Base (DIB) member organizations…

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Four Key Takeaways from the June 28, 2021, CMMC-AB Town Hall Meeting

On Monday, June 28th, the CMMC-AB held a town hall meeting. Here are the top four takeaways: Get to know…

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The CMMC Interim Rule: Bridging the Gap from DFARS to CMMC

BACKGROUND In an attempt to mitigate vital data loss from cyber-attacks targeting its 300,000 contractors, the Department of Defense in…

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CKSS CMMC DFARS Compliance Consultants Biden's cybersecurity executive order

Repercussions of Biden’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity for Federal Contractors

In the wake of the increasingly aggressive attacks within the cyber threat landscape, such as the 2021 Colonial Pipeline Ransomware…

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CMMC NIST Policy Templates: What Are The Benefits?

Most people do not like reading or writing Policies, Procedures, and System Security Plans. This is understandable – most of…

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