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Topic · 4 articles

SPRS

Every MacZine article on SPRS, newest first - written, reviewed and versioned in the open.

All issuesCMMC 23NIST 800-171 15CUI 11DFARS 7Governance 7Compliance 6AI & Automation 5CUI Enclaves 4SPRS 4Defense Contracting 3
030Issue Nº

Read the Solicitation's Compliance Clauses Before You Bid

Compliance cost gets decided at bid or no-bid, not after award. A front-to-back read of the clauses, DD-254, and Section L/M that actually price it.

August 31, 2026
025Issue Nº

3.5.3: The MFA Control Most Programs Think They Already Passed

NIST 800-171 3.5.3 requires MFA for three scopes, not one. Most programs cover network logins and miss privileged local access - the one assessors test first.

August 24, 2026
023Issue Nº

What You Can Put on a POA&M, and What You Cannot

A POA&M restores no SPRS points and cannot carry the highest-weight controls. Here are the rules that decide what actually belongs on one.

August 20, 2026
008Issue Nº

How Your SPRS Score Is Actually Calculated

The DoD Assessment Methodology scores 110 controls on a 5/3/1 weighting and bottoms out at -203. Here is the arithmetic, and how a CO reads it.

July 31, 2026
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