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US flag for federal compliance — CMMC, NIST, ITAR

DoD's Own CMMC Cost Estimate Assumes Building the Controls Costs Nothing

The $101,752 CMMC Level 2 figure from the DoD final rule is real, but it prices the assessment only. The rule assumes you have already implemented all 110 NIST SP 800-171 requirements, and with Phase 2 suspended the live estimate for most small CUI contractors is $34,277.

Aug 26, 2026

Cyber Security

NIST Built 19 Working Zero Trust Architectures and Published the Configurations

NIST SP 1800-35 went final in June 2025 with 19 zero trust architectures that were actually built and tested, not diagrammed. The valuable part is not the end state, it is the ordering: what got stood up first, and what could not start until something else already existed.

Aug 26, 2026

Technology

Gold Medal at the Math Olympiad, and It Still Cannot Read a Clock

A model that can win gold at the International Mathematical Olympiad reads an analog clock correctly 50.6 percent of the time. That gap explains why so many AI pilots succeed on the impressive step and then fail on the dull, high-volume one nobody thought to test.

Aug 26, 2026

Cyber Security

CISA Has Five Zero Trust Pillars. DoD Has Seven. Which Is Your Assessment Using?

Seven pillars, eight, five. The counts differ because assessments quote different federal documents. Here is what CISA v2.0 actually says, and the order that works for a Texas business.

Aug 25, 2026

Matrix-style green code rain — cyber attack

Cyber Security

The Ransomware Recovery Figure Everyone Quotes Is the Wrong Average

Sophos reports a USD 375,000 median ransomware recovery cost and a USD 1,700,200 mean. Both are real. Quoting the wrong one in front of your CFO costs you the room.

Aug 25, 2026

Medical professional with tablet — healthcare IT

Cyber Security

The HIPAA Number That Decides Your Penalty Is Not the One in the Headline

Two HIPAA penalty numbers get quoted constantly and both are wrong. Here are the 2026 tiers, and why correcting inside 30 days moves your ceiling from $73,011 to $2,190,294.

Aug 25, 2026

IT Services

Azure VPN Client With a Work Account: What Breaks and Why

Azure point-to-site VPN with Entra ID authentication breaks in ways that look identical from the user's chair. Here is the triage order that tells a desk fix from a gateway problem.

Aug 25, 2026

Code on a dark monitor — cybersecurity threat surface

Cyber SecurityIndustry

K-12 IT and Cybersecurity for Texas School Districts

Texas districts face ransomware, FERPA and Texas Student Privacy Act duties, TEC 11.175 reporting, 1:1 MDM sprawl and E-Rate funding gaps. Here is the August checklist.

Aug 19, 2026

Cyber SecurityBusiness Strategy

CMMC Phase 2 Is Suspended. What Should a Supplier Do Now?

The CMMC Phase 2 suspension changed when you are assessed, not whether you must comply. DFARS 252.204-7012 is untouched. Here is how a defense supplier should spend the pause.

Aug 19, 2026

Business StrategyIT Services

Peak Hurricane Season: A Texas IT Continuity Checklist

Mid-August through mid-October is the real hurricane window on the Texas Gulf Coast. This is the operational sequence to run when a system is in the Gulf: verify a real restore, name who calls the shutdown, and know what never to power back on.

Aug 19, 2026

Computer NetworkingIT Services

Multi-Site IT: Running Technology Across Locations

The IT problems that only appear at two or more locations, and the opening checklist that keeps a new Texas site from slipping.

Aug 12, 2026

Team collaboration — managed IT services

Cyber SecurityBusiness Strategy

Passing a Vendor Security Questionnaire as a Small Supplier

A practical guide for Texas suppliers facing a major buyer's security review: what the questionnaire asks, how to build a reusable evidence pack, and the order to implement controls when you are starting from near zero.

Aug 12, 2026

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