Cyber Compliance Blog

Thinking you’re compliant is one thing — proving it is another. Here’s how one organization with an already-strong security posture used ASCERA to catch silent failures before they turned into real risk.  Setting the Scene A higher education research lab with...

You've mapped your systems, locked down your policies, and climbed the steep path of CMMC compliance—but one often overlooked step remains: CA 3.12.3, Continuous Monitoring.  Known as a "5-pointer," this control is so critical that failing it results in immediate...

“Automation” has become a buzzword in the cyber-compliance world. Every platform claims to offer it, but when you dig deeper, many so-called “automated” solutions still rely heavily on human input, manual evidence gathering, and endless spreadsheets disguised behind...

A solution platform can boast all day long about its amazing capabilities and revolutionary functionality, but what about real-life results?  In the spirit of showing instead of telling, we wanted to share one of our recent wins where ASCERA deployment was able to...

As the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework evolves, defense contractors must ensure they meet strict compliance requirements to handle controlled unclassified information (CUI). Achieving and maintaining CMMC compliance can be...

Organizationally Defined Parameters (ODPs) are a core element of NIST SP 800-171's newest revision (Rev. 3). Join the ASCERA team for a live, high-level rundown of crucial information about the framework's move to ODPs and how ASCERA has been helping organizations...

Preparing for compliance audits, especially under the rigorous requirements of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), can be exhausting. Audit fatigue — the strain caused by frequent and resource-intensive compliance efforts — is a growing challenge...

Now that CMMC is official and organizations are starting to dive deeper into the controls required, join the ASCERA Team for a high-level overview of the latest on CMMC, and more importantly, how Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) specifically ties into the final...

GRC software is a tool for organizations seeking to streamline governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) in a cohesive and efficient manner.   By providing centralized data management, compliance tracking, and audit workflow processes, a GRC tool can help organizations...