• September 18th, 2026

NIST SP 800-53 and NIST SP 800-171 are related but serve different audiences: 800-53 is the comprehensive security and privacy control catalog for fed[...]

• September 14th, 2026

DFARS 252.204-7019 and 252.204-7020 are separate from and often confused with DFARS 252.204-7012. Where 7012 creates the underlying obligation to prot[...]

• August 21st, 2026

The CMMC rollout has always been phased  moving from self-assessment toward mandatory third-party certification tied to when specific contracts are s[...]

• August 20th, 2026

CUI marking means putting a banner marking at the top of a document identifying its overall CUI status, plus portion markings on specific paragraphs o[...]

• August 19th, 2026

CMMC compliance for a manufacturer means the same NIST 800-171 controls as any other DoD contractor — but scoped around where technical drawings, sp[...]

• August 17th, 2026

 The U.S. Munitions List is the classification system that determines whether a specific product or piece of technical data falls under the Interna[...]

• August 11th, 2026

A key control policy is supposed to answer one question clearly: who has physical access to the areas where CUI lives, and can you prove it. A loc[...]

• August 10th, 2026

An incident response tabletop exercise walks your team through a real attack scenario, out loud, in a room, without anything actually going wrong. [...]

• August 6th, 2026

A system security plan often shortened to SSP  is a formal document that provides an overview of the security requirements for an information system [...]

• August 3rd, 2026

A POA&M — Plan of Action and Milestones — is the document that lists every NIST SP 800-171 security requirement you haven't fully implemente[...]