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NIST CSF Compliance: The Ultimate Protection for Your Business

NIST CSF Compliance: The Ultimate Protection for Your Business

October, 2021 | Foster Charles

Facing a rapidly evolving threat landscape, more and more organizations are using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to guide them through the best practices for risk management. The overarching goal [...]

Why is the NIST Cybersecurity Framework Important?

Why is the NIST Cybersecurity Framework Important?

September, 2021 | Foster Charles

Organizations of all types and sizes face unrelenting threats from malicious actors, including organized cybercrime, corporate espionage, and state-sponsored attackers. Every business owes it to [...]

How Can the NIST Cybersecurity Framework Help Small Businesses?

How Can the NIST Cybersecurity Framework Help Small Businesses?

September, 2021 | Foster Charles

Many small businesses do not consider themselves worthy enough targets for more advanced attacks, such as advanced persistent threats (APTs). As such, they often have only minimal cybersecurity [...]

What is NIST Cybersecurity Framework?

What is NIST Cybersecurity Framework?

September, 2021 | Foster Charles

The NIST cybersecurity framework is a globally recognized standard that offers guidance on how organizations can mitigate information security risks. It is updated regularly to reflect the most [...]

3 Ways Dark Web Monitoring Helps Ensure a Successful CMMC Assessment

3 Ways Dark Web Monitoring Helps Ensure a Successful CMMC Assessment

August, 2021 | Foster Charles

While the cybersecurity maturity model certification (CMMC) framework makes no mention of the dark web, it is essential that security leaders understand the risk it presents.

CMMC Certification: Why Managed Detection and Response is Critical

CMMC Certification: Why Managed Detection and Response is Critical

August, 2021 | Foster Charles

The cybersecurity maturity model certification (CMMC) requires a multilayered approach to information security. Of the 171 practices listed in the CMMC cybersecurity framework, 16 fall into the [...]

How Can Security Awareness Training Help with Your CMMC Certification?

How Can Security Awareness Training Help with Your CMMC Certification?

August, 2021 | Foster Charles

The cybersecurity maturity model certification (CMMC) framework first introduces the need for security awareness training in level 2. The value of training employees to become more aware of everyday [...]

CMMC Certification: Why SIEM Should Matter to You

CMMC Certification: Why SIEM Should Matter to You

August, 2021 | Foster Charles

The cybersecurity maturity model certification (CMMC) is a journey towards proactive security, whereby organizations ultimately shift their focus to preventing security events from occurring in the [...]

Do You Know Which of the CMMC Levels You Should Choose?

Do You Know Which of the CMMC Levels You Should Choose?

August, 2021 | Foster Charles

Prior to the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, defense contractors were responsible for implementing, maintaining, and assessing their own cybersecurity practices in accordance with the [...]

What Are the CMMC Level 5 Controls?

What Are the CMMC Level 5 Controls?

August, 2021 | Foster Charles

Level 5 is the highest of all the CMMC levels, and the most time-consuming and complicated to achieve. While this level only adds 15 new CMMC controls, they are far more complex and burdensome to [...]

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