What Contractors Need to Know About the 48 CFR Final Rule On November 10, 2025, the Department of Defense will cross the line from policy to enforcement. The 48 CFR Final Rule will go into effect, and the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) will be a contractual requirement. If you want to win or extend...
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The CMMC Rule is FINAL!
Woooohoooo, the long awaited CMMC Rule will be published on the Federal Register on October 15, 2024. The Wrightbrained team has spent some time looking at the document. Clarifications are a big theme. Everyone in the CMMC ecosystem had a lot of questions and there were several that stood out as the most common. I...
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The CrowdStrike Outage: Risk Assessments & Single Points of Failure
On July 19, 2024, what should have been a routine update meant to improve CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor software ended up causing chaos. Instead of enhancing the endpoint detection and response system, the update resulted in Windows computers crashing spectacularly, displaying the dreaded “Blue Screen of Death.” This caused disruptions across the globe and across industries...