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    Pentagon Pauses CMMC Phase II, Keeps Contractor Self-Assessments

    The Pentagon’s pause of the next phase of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is more than a temporary procurement adjustment. It is a direct challenge to the assumption that stronger contractor cybersecurity must always mean more audits, more documentation, and higher...
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    Atos Rolls Out Microsoft 365 Copilot & Agent 365 Governance for 56,000 Staff

    Atos Group and Microsoft announced on June 9, 2026, that Atos will deploy Microsoft 365 Copilot to 56,000 employees in 54 countries while expanding its use of Microsoft 365 E7, Agent 365, Copilot Studio, and Microsoft Foundry for enterprise AI services. This is not another pilot dressed up as...
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    Windows 10 ESU Deadline: October 2026 Is the Real Security Cliff

    Microsoft ended standard support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and while Extended Security Updates keep enrolled Windows 10 version 22H2 PCs receiving critical and important security fixes for now, the consumer ESU window closes on October 13, 2026. That makes the Cambridge Network warning...
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    QuickBooks Desktop Hosting in 2026: Security, Compliance, and Provider Checklist

    QuickBooks Desktop is still the backbone for many accounting firms in 2026, but the way firms deliver it has changed decisively. Instead of trusting a single office server or a lone workstation, many practices now run QuickBooks in hosted environments that add remote access, centralized backups...
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    CISA Adds CVE-2025-53521 BIG-IP RCE to KEV: Patch Urgently

    CISA’s decision to add CVE-2025-53521, a F5 BIG-IP remote code execution issue, to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog is another reminder that patching priority is now driven as much by evidence of exploitation as by severity scores. The move matters because KEV listing instantly...