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Actually Automated: The ASCERA Win Wire — Catching a Misconfiguration Before it Turned Costly

Imagine thinking you're compliant, only to discover during your assessment that one pesky misconfiguration is holding you back. Here’s how ASCERA allowed one...

How Continuous Compliance Monitoring Prevents Compliance Drift

It’s a familiar scenario: your environment was compliant last month. Maybe even last week. You passed an internal check, your documentation was buttoned up, and...

Actually Automated: The ASCERA Win Wire — Uncovering Out-of-Compliance Devices

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...
CMMC Compliance: Is a Manual GRC Tool Enough?

CMMC Compliance: Is a Manual GRC Tool Enough?

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...

SIEM vs. ASCERA for CMMC / DFARS Compliance

SIEM vs. ASCERA for CMMC / DFARS Compliance

Planning on using your SIEM to track CMMC or DFARS compliance? While this task is possible, configuring your SIEM to accurately monitor many of the 320 NIST 800-171 objectives is a massive undertaking that requires significant time, resources, and expertise. ASCERA,...

What is Automated Collection of Evidence (ACE)?

What is Automated Collection of Evidence (ACE)?

In today’s regulatory compliance landscape, many organizations experience what's known as "gap assessment fatigue." This frustration stems from the repetitive and time-consuming task of manually collecting evidence (e.g., screenshots) to identify and assess compliance...

Top 4 Security Compliance Pain Points & How ASCERA Relieves Them 

Top 4 Security Compliance Pain Points & How ASCERA Relieves Them 

In the ever-evolving landscape of compliance, the responsibilities of security compliance professionals have grown exponentially. Amidst the complexity of compliance frameworks and the constant barrage of cross-organization requests, the list of pain points your team...

What is Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM)? 

What is Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM)? 

In the current state of security compliance, it’s critical to be secure and compliant at all times. No longer is it acceptable to simply be compliant on the day of an assessment, but rather, executives are expected to maintain a comprehensive security compliance...

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