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In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity and data protection, organizations face the formidable challenge of adhering to regulatory frameworks such as NIST 800-171 and CMMC (Cybersecurity Ma … read more

Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): Time is money when it comes to CMMC compliance efforts: If you have poorly-crafted documentation, it will cost you more time & money in implementation and assess … read more

ComplianceForge is focused on making the documentation side of the NIST SP 800-171 R3 upgrade as painless, as possible. We already have policies, standards and procedures to address all of the requ … read more

A "ghost control" is a legacy control that does not exist in NIST 800-171 R3 but is still reasonably required to demonstrate compliance. There are several aspects of NIST 800-171 R3 Final Public Dr … read more

NIST SP 800-53 R5 vs FedRAMP R5 vs NIST SP 800-171 R2 vs NIST SP 800-171 R3 IPDWithin the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), there is considerable confusion about the concept of "FedRAMP equivalency" as i … read more