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    <title>DigVel Resources: CMMC Software Approval</title>
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    <description>Practical guides on approving third-party software under CMMC Level 2: CM.L2-3.4.8 allowlisting, user-installed software, vendor risk, sandbox analysis and audit evidence.</description>
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      <title>Approved Software List for CMMC: What to Record and Why</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Audit Evidence</category>
      <description>How to build an approved software list CMMC assessors can follow: required fields, version policy, evidence per entry and how the list ties to your system security plan.</description>
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      <title>CM.L2-3.4.8 Allowlisting: What C3PAO Assessors Look For</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Controls &amp; Requirements</category>
      <description>What CM.L2-3.4.8 requires, how NIST SP 800-171A turns it into assessment objectives, and what evidence to keep for every application on your allowlist.</description>
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      <title>CM.L2-3.4.9 User-Installed Software: Policy and Monitoring</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Controls &amp; Requirements</category>
      <description>What CM.L2-3.4.9 asks defense contractors to do about software that users install themselves, and how to control and monitor it without blocking legitimate work.</description>
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      <title>CMMC Software Approval Process: A Step-by-Step Workflow</title>
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      <description>A practical seven-step CMMC software approval process for defense contractors, from request intake and vendor screening to a documented decision and re-review.</description>
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      <title>Re-Review Approved Software After a New Vulnerability</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Audit Evidence</category>
      <description>Approval is not permanent. Learn which events should trigger a CMMC software re-review, from critical CVEs to ownership changes, and how to record the outcome.</description>
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      <title>Sandbox Analysis Before Software Install: What It Shows</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Technical Analysis</category>
      <description>What dynamic sandbox analysis reveals about an installer, how to turn the results into firewall and allowlist decisions, and where its limits are.</description>
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      <title>Software Vendor Sanctions and Ownership Screening</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Vendor &amp; Supply Chain Risk</category>
      <description>Which lists and clauses to check when approving software for a DoD contractor environment, how to look at vendor ownership, and how to document the result.</description>
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      <title>SPRS Score and Software: What Your Score Assumes</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Audit Evidence</category>
      <description>Your SPRS score and annual affirmation describe your CUI environment, including its software. See what they assume about installed applications and how to back them up.</description>
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      <title>Third-Party Software Risk Assessment Under NIST 800-171 Rev 2</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Vendor &amp; Supply Chain Risk</category>
      <description>How to run a third-party software risk assessment for CMMC Level 2: what Rev 2 does and does not say about supply chain, which factors to score and how to decide.</description>
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      <title>WDAC vs AppLocker Allowlist Rules: Hash, Publisher, Path</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Technical Analysis</category>
      <description>Compare hash, publisher and path rules in WDAC (App Control for Business) and AppLocker, and learn which rule type to use for each approved application.</description>
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