Open source software is a reality of modern computing, and there really isn’t a space where it doesn’t touch at least some aspect of an IT stack. Even the most locked-down software will include libraries and utilities that rose from an open-source project built by well-meaning developers to solve everyday problems.  The challenge is that… Read More

Open-source software is the cornerstone of most IT platforms and infrastructure. This reliance extends beyond major applications; most software worldwide relies, in part, on even the smallest OSS library that solves a critical problem.  For businesses subject to FedRAMP, CMMC, and other federal jurisdictions, this is a solid way to plan their compliance. As we’re… Read More

Recently, U.S. and allied cybersecurity agencies, including CISA, the NSA, and Canada’s Centre for Cyber Security, issued a series of alerts and analysis reports warning of ongoing malicious activity associated with a sophisticated backdoor malware known as Brickstorm. This malware, attributed to state-sponsored threat actors linked to China, has demonstrated the capability to maintain long-term,… Read More

Federal cybersecurity has long since moved beyond compliance for its own sake. Still,  one of the most persistent and dangerous mistakes organizations continue to make is equating compliance with security. This article repeats a common message that we’ve been hammering home for years: that risk reduction, not box-checking, must be the organizing principle of modern… Read More

When the Department of Defense released CMMC FAQs Revision 2.1 in November 2025, the update appeared modest on the surface. Four new questions were added without changing the CMMC model or the underlying regulatory framework in 32 CFR Part 170. For organizations already fatigued by years of CMMC evolution, it would be easy to dismiss… Read More

FedRAMP has long been the backbone of how U.S. federal agencies evaluate and trust cloud services. For more than a decade, it has provided a standardized approach to assessing security controls, granting authorizations, and maintaining ongoing oversight. Yet as cloud architectures evolved, software delivery accelerated, and agencies increasingly relied on modern DevSecOps practices, the original… Read More

2026 is looking to be another challenging year in the evolution of security and compliance. The convergence of AI-driven automation, identity-based attacks, deepfake-enabled social engineering, targeted attacks on critical infrastructure, and quantum-era risk is forcing organizations to rethink their security foundations from the ground up. Attack surfaces are expanding, attack velocity is accelerating beyond human… Read More

Ohio finds itself facing a rapidly escalating wave of cybersecurity threats, ones that no longer resemble the simple phishing emails or brute-force attacks of the past. Today’s threats are more deceptive, more adaptive, and more damaging. Fueled by artificial intelligence, sophisticated social engineering, and the vulnerabilities of legacy infrastructure, these attacks aim to cripple essential… Read More

Web browsers are massive, in many ways becoming a new operating system we use to access data, watch videos, and manage professional services. Following that, browser extensions have quietly become one of the most overlooked risks in enterprise security. And as the recent revelations about the campaign make clear, attackers increasingly understand that the easiest… Read More

For years, FedRAMP has used a traditional authorization model that requires extensive documentation and lengthy review cycles, making it difficult for innovative SaaS providers to serve government customers. While it delivered strong security assurances, it wasn’t built for cloud-native CSPs.  FedRAMP 20x changes this trajectory. Designed as a modernization program, 20x shifts compliance toward automation,… Read More

It’s a long-standing truism that biometrics are among the most robust and trustworthy forms of identity verification on the market. The whole premise was that identity is physical, unique, and nearly impossible to replicate. Deepfakes have completely dismantled this assumption. Today, artificial intelligence can fabricate a convincing face, clone a voice from just a few… Read More

The modern compliance landscape is about protecting against ongoing attacks, and APTs are the big bad of this mission. A new APT, Scattered Spider, has quickly become one of the most high-profile threat actors in modern cybersecurity, specifically because it’s using APT tactics while flipping the script on how they work.  This group offers a… Read More