CMMC 2.0 enforcement is here. Norwood manufacturers in the defense supply chain must close IT gaps now — or risk losing federal contracts.
CMMC 2.0 Is Active — What Norwood Defense Manufacturers Must Fix in Their IT Environment
CMMC 2.0 and West Chester Defense Subcontractors: The Gap Between Assumed and Actual Compliance
West Chester manufacturers in the DoD supply chain are discovering CMMC 2.0 requirements go far beyond a checklist. Here’s what real compliance looks like.
Flat Networks in Norwood Manufacturing Shops: The Attack Surface No One’s Addressing
Norwood manufacturers running flat networks expose production systems to ransomware. Here’s what the risk looks like and how network segmentation changes the equation.
CMMC Compliance and the IT Burden Facing Fairfield, Ohio Defense Suppliers
Fairfield, Ohio defense suppliers face CMMC 2.0 deadlines with IT gaps in endpoint security, logging, and access control. Here’s what’s at stake.
CMMC 2.0 Is No Longer Optional for Sharonville Manufacturers With DoD Contracts
Sharonville manufacturing firms with DoD contracts face real CMMC 2.0 deadlines. Here’s what compliance requires from your IT infrastructure.
CMMC 2.0 Is Bearing Down on Hamilton’s Defense Manufacturers — Most Networks Won’t Pass
Hamilton, Ohio defense manufacturers face a hard CMMC 2.0 deadline. Most shop-floor networks won’t survive a third-party C3PAO assessment without significant remediation.
Ransomware Is Not an IT Problem for Hamilton Manufacturers — It’s an Operational One
Hamilton, Ohio manufacturers face rising ransomware risk as OT and IT networks converge. Here’s what that exposure actually looks like on the shop floor.
The Chip Shortage Revisited
In January, we published a post about the ongoing computer chip shortage. We described some of the causes for the supply chain slow-down as well as the--very slow--process of making semiconductors and computer chips. We also discussed some of the responses to the chip shortage, namely the CHIPS for America Act, a Congressional bill that funneled money to domestic chip fabrication, and the opening of a large Intel fabrication facility near Columbus.
3D Printing in Cincinnati
President Joe Biden recently visited Cincinnati to meet with manufacturers, according to WCPO. WCPO later reported that additive manufacturing, known more colloquially as 3D printing, was the focus of the visit.
As we pointed out in our previous post on the subject, 3D printers are automated manufacturing devices capable of producing a variety of objects based on digitally uploaded diagrams.
Technology, Cognition and Project Management
Anthony Chemero, a Ph.D. and cognitive researcher at the University of Cincinnati, recently published some research, which suggests that the ubiquity of smart phones and other mobile devices doesn't affect people's brain power. This may come as a surprise.