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How the Kieri Compliance Documentation and Reference Architecture Work Together

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Kieri Compliance Documentation and Reference Architecture working together for CMMC Level 2 compliance

A detailed walkthrough showing how technology-agnostic policies combine with Microsoft 365 GCC-High implementation for complete CMMC Level 2 compliance CMMC compliance documentation and reference architecture are two distinct components of Level 2 compliance. Manual processes and technical configurations. Most compliance solutions address one or the other. Documentation packages give you policies and procedures but leave … Read more

What’s Actually Inside the Kieri Compliance Documentation? A Complete Walkthrough

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CMMC compliance documentation and reference architecture security controls - fingerprint scanning and access management

Everything you get with a KCD license and how each component helps you pass your CMMC assessment Defense contractors preparing for CMMC often face the same overwhelming question. Where do I even start with all this documentation? You know you need policies. You know you need a System Security Plan. You know you need to … Read more

CMMC Proposed Rule has been released! 

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Cybersecurity threat - CMMC compliance

CMMC Proposed Rule has been released!    The wait is finally over! Listen to our industry experts review the CMMC Proposed Rule, what it means for you and what changes or surprises are in store. Our team here at Kieri, under the guidance of Amira Armond, spent the Holiday sifting through the rule to give you … Read more

Interested in the Kieri Compliance Documentation?

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Secure data transmission within CMMC compliant network architecture

Interested in the Kieri Compliance Documentation?   Kieri Solutions offers a licensable set of 800-171, DFARS 252.204-7012, and CMMC compliance templates called the Kieri Compliance Documentation (KCD). This is a holistic and user-friendly cybersecurity program which is designed for small and medium networks (less than 1000 users).   Check our main KCD page for FAQ, … Read more

How to fix Outlook missing Friday January 13 2023

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Interconnected defense contractor networks requiring CMMC Level 2 cybersecurity certification

How to fix Outlook missing 1/13/2023 I am hearing that Microsoft Defender ate everyone’s Outlook shortcut this morning if they had enhanced security enabled (Attack Surface Reduction rules in Microsoft 365 / Intune). To quickly resolve, re-create the shortcut from the original Outlook.exe file To do this: 1. Open Windows Explorer 2. In the search … Read more

NIST SP 800-171 DoD Self Assessment Services

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DFARS 252.204-7012 and NIST SP 800-171 requirements

NIST SP 800-171 DoD Self Assessment Services Kieri Solutions LLC has included the NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment methodology in our compliance programs since the DCMA started publishing it in early 2020. The just-published DFARS Interim Rule requires self-assessments to be submitted to the DoD as a pre-requisite for contract award. For full details and … Read more

vSphere Health detected new issues in your environment 6.7

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vcenter 6.7 alarm displays vsphere health detected new issue

vSphere Health detected new issues in your environment 6.7 Symptom:  You start seeing the alarm “vSphere Health detected new issues in your environment” and it won’t go away. I wrote about this alarm with one cause: Memory Exhaustion with a Tiny deployment in my other blog. If you navigate to your vCenter appliance website (https://vcenter.company.com:5480) … Read more

vCenter Health Warning: External Platform Services Controller

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vCenter Health Warning: External Platform Services Controller   I’m starting to see vSphere health warnings complaining about the “Depreciation of the external Platform Services Controller deployment model” This is very confusing because my vCenter servers were built using the Embedded Platform Services Controller option.  Yet vSphere health is saying that there is a problem? Symptoms: … Read more

Synology storage latency and disconnects on VMware

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Symptoms Synology SA3400 SAN connected to  VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7 using iSCSI This is a new install.  The issues have been occurring since you started using the Synology for VMware datastores Event: Device or filesystem with identifier x has entered the All Paths Down state.             Warning Event: Lost connectivity to storage device . Path vmhba64:C0:T1:L1 is … Read more