A configuration change that nobody recorded can become an assessment problem months later. For small DoD contractors in the defense industrial base handling Controlled Unclassified Information, a CMMC configuration management…
A CAD file can carry Controlled Unclassified Information long after it leaves the engineering workstation. A drawing may sit in a PDM vault, move through Microsoft 365, appear in a…
An exposed RMM tool can give an attacker a fast path to every endpoint you own. For a small contractor, that single gap can hurt operations, expose CUI, and create…
A stolen cached credential can turn one Windows 11 laptop into a pivot point. That’s why I treat Credential Guard as a serious hardening step when I build a CMMC-minded…
Admin access is where solid Azure security often breaks down. One public RDP port, one shared admin account, or one weak exception can undo months of hardening. If you handle…
A messy Azure tenant can turn a CMMC review into a scavenger hunt. Small contractors rarely have extra staff, spare budget, or time to clean up cloud decisions after the…
One bad sign-in can punch a hole through an otherwise well-managed admin workstation. In a CMMC Level 2 environment, that matters because privileged devices sit close to your identity plane,…
If Wi-Fi can reach Controlled Unclassified Information, it can widen your CMMC exposure fast. I see small contractors miss this because wireless feels informal, while the assessor sees it as…
Standing admin access is the habit I find most often in CMMC gap reviews. It feels convenient, but it creates a wide attack path and weak evidence for assessors. When…
Too many small defense contractors fail CMMC prep before an assessor ever looks at a control. They over-grant admin rights, blur ownership, and hope good people won’t make bad changes.…
