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01The cyber-insurance questionnaire, decodedCarriers stopped taking your word for it. Here's the control-by-control reality of what they now verify — and how to answer each with evidence instead of a promise.Cyber Insurance Readiness· smb_msp · insurance· 2 min02CMMC 2.0 before the 2026 deadline: the DIB contractor's runwayPhase 2 makes a third-party assessment mandatory for Level 2, and prep takes 9–12 months. If you touch CUI and hold DoD contracts, the clock is already running.CMMC & CUI· gov_cjis· 2 min03CJIS MFA is now mandatory: the practical checklistAdvanced authentication for anyone touching Criminal Justice Information is no longer optional. Here's what the policy requires versus what an underfunded agency can actually deploy this quarter.CJIS· sled · gov_cjis· 2 min04The 2025 HIPAA Security Rule update, decodedThe proposed update turns 'addressable' into 'required' — mandatory MFA, encryption, and annual testing. What's changing, and what it will cost a small practice.HIPAA· healthcare· 2 min05Do we actually need a SOC? An honest answer for the 50-person businessThe real math on building an in-house security operations center versus running on a managed one — for a business too small to staff 24/7 but too exposed to ignore it.SMB Security Baseline· smb_msp· 2 min
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