Shared mailboxes look harmless until CUI lands in one. Then a convenience feature turns into an access-control problem. As of March 2026, I handle CMMC shared mailbox security in Microsoft…
One guest account can break a clean compliance boundary. When I write a CMMC guest access policy, I start with a blunt rule: if a Team or SharePoint site may…
The worst time to think about retention is when an assessor asks for six-month-old evidence and my log search comes back empty. In Microsoft 365, CMMC audit log retention is…
The quietest account in your network can create the loudest audit finding. When I review small DIB environments, service accounts are often old, shared, or far too powerful. That matters…
Personal phones can open a door to CUI fast. They can also open the wrong door if I let work data spill outside managed apps. When I build a CMMC…
A phone that touches CUI stops being “just a phone.” It becomes an endpoint, an access path, and an audit item. When I build CMMC Intune compliance for defense contractors,…
Defender attack surface reduction is one of the fastest ways I reduce attacker options on Windows endpoints. For defense contractors working toward CMMC Level 2, that matters because phishing, macros,…
Personal devices can speed work, but they can also punch holes in a CUI boundary. For CMMC Level 2 BYOD in Microsoft 365, my rule is simple: if a personal…
If I’m building a Microsoft Sentinel CMMC monitoring plan for a small federal contractor, I start with one hard truth: Sentinel can support a CMMC Level 2 program, but it…
Protecting Microsoft Purview DLP for CMMC Level 2 sounds easy until the first policy floods the help desk with noise. I treat DLP like a gate guard. It won’t make…
