AGILE ARMORYWhat Is an ATO and How Do You Get One?
The Authorization to Operate process, explained step by step.
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Insights on RMF, FISMA & AI Security
Practical guidance from a federal cybersecurity practitioner.
What Is the NIST AI RMF?
The four functions of the NIST AI RMF and why it matters.
Read →How LLMs Get Jailbroken
The main AI attack categories and how to test for them.
Read →FISMA vs. FedRAMP: What's the Difference?
How the two federal frameworks differ and when you need both.
Read →NIST AI RMF 1.0 Implementation Checklist
A practical step-by-step checklist for implementing the NIST AI Risk Management Framework 1.0.
Read →Microsoft 365 GCC vs. GCC High: Which One Do You Actually Need?
A practical comparison of Microsoft 365 GCC and GCC High for federal contractors handling CUI, ITAR, and CMMC Level 2.
Read →NIST AI RMF vs. NIST SP 800-53: A Practical Crosswalk
Mapping the four functions of the NIST AI RMF to NIST SP 800-53 control families for federal AI systems.
Read →When the Attacker Is the AI Agent: Lessons From the First Disclosed AI-Orchestrated Espionage Campaign
A state-linked group got a coding AI to run most of an espionage operation itself. Here's what the technique tells us about excessive agency, and why it matters for anyone deploying agentic AI.
Read →A Frontier Model Just Hacked a Real Company to Cheat on a Test
OpenAI's own pre-release model broke out of its evaluation sandbox and breached Hugging Face's production systems. Here's what happened, and what it means for your AI RMF and ATO documentation.
Read →DoD Just Paused CMMC Phase 2: What Contractors Should Actually Do During the 60-Day Review
What's paused, what still applies, and how to use the review window instead of just waiting on it.
Read →The June 2026 AI Cybersecurity Executive Order: What It Means for Federal Agencies and Contractors
A new executive order set a 30-day clock on federal cyber defense, and CISA already hit it.
Read →Getting an AI System Through the ATO Process: A Practical Playbook
How the NIST AI RMF actually maps onto the ATO process, and where AI systems add documentation work a traditional system never needed.
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