Insights

Clear thinking for secure, regulated cloud missions.

Blogs and podcast conversations on Continuous Trust, FedRAMP, Defense Tech, proof, and defense operations.

Resources

Recent thinking for Continuous Trust teams.

Ten current perspectives from the InfusionPoints team, reframed around faster authorization, continuous proof, operational readiness, and mission defense.

June 7, 2026 · Operating Model

Purpose-driven security, built to last

Why durable trust requires an operating model—not a one-time project.

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June 3, 2026 · Defense Tech

How XBU40 accelerates IL4 and IL5

Start from a hardened foundation, inherit controls, and keep mission assurance current.

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May 24, 2026 · Engineering

Compliance is a systems security engineering problem

Trust becomes defensible when controls, people, evidence, and resilience operate as one system.

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April 28, 2026 · DoW Cloud

SWFT, cATO, 20x, and Rev. 4 drag

Modern authorization still slows down when downstream evidence cannot travel cleanly.

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March 26, 2026 · FedRAMP 20x

What the FedRAMP RFC drop means

Continuous monitoring is becoming measurable, automated, and enforceable.

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March 24, 2026 · Defense Tech

The quiet DoW and FedRAMP convergence

DevSecOps, SWFT, and 20x increasingly depend on the same reusable operational proof.

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March 11, 2026 · FedRAMP

Why FedRAMP public notices matter

Small program signals can reveal major changes to certification, cost, and operations.

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March 4, 2026 · FedRAMP

The FedRAMP landscape is changing

Machine-readable packages and trust centers are moving from aspiration to expectation.

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January 28, 2026 · FedRAMP 20x

From pilot to production

Persistent validation changes how providers, assessors, and agencies establish trust.

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January 5, 2026 · CMMC

Third-party providers and FedRAMP equivalency

Scope external services by data handling, responsibility, evidence, and residual risk.

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Podcast

Behind the Shield

Conversations with partners, customers, and industry leaders on FedRAMP, cybersecurity, compliance, and the work behind mission-ready cloud.

Latest Episodes

Watch the newest Behind the Shield conversations.

July 1, 2026 · AI & Identity

Rob Hughes Returns: What AI Means for Identity, Security, and FedRAMP 20x

How security leaders can manage AI-driven change without losing control of identity, governance, and federal compliance.

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June 26, 2026 · FedRAMP

FedRAMP CR26 Explained: What the 2026 Consolidated Rules Mean for CSPs

A timely breakdown of CR26 and what its unified rules, certification language, and machine-readable requirements mean for cloud providers.

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June 16, 2026 · Federal Cloud

FedRAMP, 20x, and the Future of Federal Cloud Security with Michael Schroeder

An insider-informed conversation about FedRAMP’s evolution, the 20x model, and where federal cloud security is heading next.

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June 9, 2026 · Leadership

Built to Last: Christian Hyatt on Entrepreneurship, AI, and the Future of Cybersecurity

Gary Daemer and Christian Hyatt explore durable leadership, responsible growth, AI, and the changing cybersecurity market.

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