9 min read
You Can Say You're Secure. That Doesn't Make It True.
Anyone can claim their environment is secure. Michael Peters, Founder and CEO of Lazarus Alliance, a C3PAO, explains why third-party validation...
9 min read
Why Compliance Programs Break on People, Not Technology
Most organizations treat security and compliance as a technology problem with a technology answer. Mark-John McSheehy, a CISO with 35 years in the...
8 min read
What to Do During the CMMC Assessment Pause
The assessment calendar may have changed, but the obligation to protect sensitive defense information has not. Aaron Gilmore of Bees Computing...
5 min read
The CMMC Pause Changes Verification, Not Your Obligations
A pause in the CMMC rollout changes the timing of one verification mechanism. It does not cancel the contractual responsibility to protect controlled...
6 min read
What The CMMC Pause Actually Changes, And What It Does Not
A pause in the CMMC rollout can slow assessments without removing the obligations contractors and primes are already enforcing. Ari Margolin, Cyber...
6 min read
Why Most CMMC Preparation Fails Before the Technical Work Even Starts
CMMC consultant and CPISys Co-Founder Victoria Delaney explains why competence, not credentials, decides whether a compliance program actually holds...
10 min read
CMMC Is Not Just the Basics. It's the Hardest Standard in the World.
CMMC gets described as basic cyber hygiene, sometimes by the people who wrote the rules. Vincent Scott, CEO of Defense Cybersecurity Group and a...
6 min read
Build What You Can Defend, Not What You Can Certify
CMMC didn't invent the obligation to protect controlled information, and a paused rollout doesn't retire it either. Scott Palmer, a lead CMMC...
6 min read
The CMMC Pause Didn’t Create a Readiness Gap. It Exposed One.
Jeremy Sadler, Lead Cyber Security Maturity Model Certified Assessor at ComplyUSA, explains why CMMC programs go off course before the technical work...
6 min read
Why the CMMC Assessment Pause Shouldn't Slow Your Compliance
The Department of Defense's temporary pause on CMMC third-party assessments has left many contractors wondering what comes next. Cybersecurity expert...
4 min read
AI Can Pass the Audit and Still Fail: The Governance Gap
Quick Answer: Meeting an AI compliance requirement does not automatically make an AI system trustworthy. In this episode of Trust Issues, Arvita...
5 min read
Your AI Policy Alone Won’t Save You: AI Governance Requires More Than Documentation
Quick Answer: Creating an AI policy is an important first step, but it is not the same as AI governance. Organizations deploying AI need to...
6 min read
AI in Risk and Compliance: Use Cases and Real ROI
Quick Answer: AI in risk and compliance cuts the collection and monitoring load substantially. It does not remove the judgment work. The return shows...
4 min read
CMMC Readiness Was Never About the Deadline
Quick answer: The CMMC pause did not fundamentally change contractors' cybersecurity posture. Organizations that were actively improving security...