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CMMC Level 2

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072Issue Nº

3.11.1 Asks How Often You Assess Risk. Most Shops Never Said

NIST 800-171 control 3.11.1 is worth 3 SPRS points, and its first objective is a schedule. One risk assessment, followed month by month.

November 6, 2026
070Issue Nº

Every Patch Is a Change, and 3.4.3 Wants the Ticket to Prove It

NIST 800-171 change control, 3.4.3 and 3.4.4, is worth 1 SPRS point each and easy to defer. Why a small shop should not, and what the ticket must show.

November 4, 2026
065Issue Nº

Retiring a Drive That Held CUI Under NIST 800-88 Rev. 2

NIST rewrote its media sanitization guide in September 2025. What 3.8.3 now asks of a small contractor retiring a laptop, an SSD, or a copier.

October 28, 2026
064Issue Nº

3.9.2 Fails on the Transfer, Not the Termination

NIST 800-171 control 3.9.2 is worth 5 SPRS points. Firings are handled. The engineer who moved to a commercial program and kept enclave access is not.

October 27, 2026