CMMC Liftoff 2025: The Hands-On Event for Real Progress
Friday, November 14, 2025 | 8 AM – 6 PM | Chantilly, VARegister Now → www.cmmcliftoff.com Cut Through the Confusion. Build What Matters. Get Work Done. If you’re a Defense Industrial Base (DIB) contractor or an MSP/MSSP supporting the DIB, you already know: CMMC requirements are coming, the clock is ticking, and the noise in […]
Cyber Insurance: What Is It and What Does It Cover?
For any kind of risk that exists—fire, accident, flood, illness—there is usually some kind of insurance available. Insurance allows you to pay a consistent amount over time so that you don’t have to pay a much larger amount in the event of a crisis. It mitigates risk for the insurance buyer while making a profit […]
CMMC 2.0 is Coming Ahead of Schedule
CMMC 2.0 rulemaking has drawn to a close earlier than expected, with the Department of Defense sending its proposed rules to the Congressional Budget Office earlier this month. This development occurred ahead of the expected timeline, putting CMMC on track for enforcement before the end of 2024. For some time, companies that contract with the […]
What Is the Dark Web?
When the average user connects to the internet, they can access virtually limitless information and a wide variety of websites. However, all a simple search will show is the surface web. This is the part of the internet that has been indexed by search engines and is freely accessible to anyone. Less accessible is the […]
Phishing, Smishing, and Spear Phishing: Know the Difference
One of the weakest points of any cybersecurity system is the humans involved. Many strategies exist to trick individuals into giving access to their company’s network. If your system has robust security on the network itself, the easiest way for a malicious actor to gain access isn’t through that security—it’s through the humans who work […]
What Is CUI?
The average person has some idea what classified information is. This is information that the government keeps secret from the general public and which only people with the necessary clearance can access. But even material that isn’t classified isn’t necessarily for public consumption. Some information has a connection to classified information, but isn’t sensitive enough […]
CMMC 2.0 – Key Points to Know
In November of 2023, following multiple troubling cyber attacks on key players in the defense industry, the federal government updated the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). The DOD has implemented CMMC 2.0 in order to close some of the gaps it has found in compliance among the Defense Industrial Base. Many organizations, both public […]
Security Threats to Defense Contractors: Are You Protected?
Every year, Microsoft releases a Defense Report about the primary security threats to defense contractors tracked in the previous year. These reports cover which actors on the world stage have been responsible for a variety of cyber attacks. The 2023 report shows that China, Russia, and Iran have ramped up attacks and spread into new […]
5 Steps to Develop Good Security Practices
Did you know that more than a third of companies have experienced recent cyber attacks? According to a 2023 Deloitte Center for Controllership poll, 34.5 percent of polled executives reported that their accounting and financial data had been targeted by cyber attackers in the prior 12 months. 12.5 percent of respondents said there had been […]
Defending Against AI-Fueled Social Engineering Attacks
Social engineering attacks are designed to manipulate individuals into giving up confidential information that can be used to facilitate an attack or other malevolent purposes. There are many approaches that attackers can employ in a social engineering attack, from sending fraudulent emails, manipulating an individual via telephone, or even engaging with them on social platforms. […]