Posts by Brian Laskowski

    CMMC Phase 2 Is Paused, Not Cancelled. Here's What That Actually Means for You

    9 min read | August 5, 2026

    If you sell to, or contract with, the Department of Defense, you've probably recently heard some version of: "CMMC is dead." "It's cancelled." "We don't have to worry about...

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    About the Author

    Brian has 5 years of experience in IT, with prior work including linux systems administration to most recently leading the threat intelligence program at the State of Michigan security operations center. Other areas of focus have included, incident response, threat hunting, memory analysis, adversary emulation, and SOC metrics. Brian currently holds SANS certifications for the GCIH, GCTI, and most recently the GDAT.