Protecting CUI is critical to national security. As adversaries increasingly target the Defense Industrial Base, the Department of Defense has strengthened its approach to cybersecurity compliance through the CMMC. While CMMC does not explicitly create or enforce data governance frameworks, it plays a pivotal role in operationalizing the technical and procedural controls necessary to secure CUI throughout its lifecycle.

This article explores how CMMC intersects with data governance and CUI lifecycle management.

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More than ever, insider threats remain among the most challenging attacks to detect and the most damaging to mitigate. Threats from individuals with authorized access are a critical focus of the CMMC, particularly at Levels 2 and 3, which mandate strong controls to combat social engineering and threats from employees or other internal stakeholders.

This article explores how these foundational standards address insider threat vectors, enabling organizations to better protect CUI in an increasingly hostile threat landscape.

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Penetration testing plays a vital role in FedRAMP assessments, and red team testing represents this domain’s most advanced and realistic evaluation form. This article delves into the scope, process, and value of red team penetration testing in the FedRAMP context, providing insights for cloud service providers, third-party assessment organizations, and federal stakeholders.

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