Practitioner analysis of the regulatory and technical landscape facing defense contractors — written by someone who has operated inside it.
The May 7, 2025 proposed rule extends FOCI requirements to unclassified contracts over $5M. Option exercises and contract modifications are the trap most companies will miss.
Three decisions determine compliance before a single line of code is written. Most contractors get at least one of them wrong.
32 CFR Part 170 took effect December 16, 2024. What actually changed from CMMC 2.0 and what your first 90 days should look like.
Rev 3 reorganized control families, added organization-defined parameters, and introduced requirements that will surprise teams still running Rev 2 SSPs.
The four FOCI vectors — ownership, control, influence, and access — and the ownership structures that trigger them. What PE firms need to know before closing.
The actual technical differences between GCC High and commercial Azure that matter for compliance, and the architecture pattern for a compliant RAG deployment.
Most CMMC failures start not in the controls but in the scoping decisions. Here are the five mistakes that show up consistently — and how to avoid them.
What DCSA actually looks at during a FOCI review, the documents they want to see, and how to conduct a pre-assessment internal review.
Every article starts with a real question from a real contractor. If you're wrestling with a FOCI, CMMC, or AI compliance question and can't find a straight answer, that's the conversation worth having.
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