Security & Compliance Articles

Deep dives into the architecture decisions behind Sweetspot's CMMC-compliant AI infrastructure.

CMMC Level 2 in the Age of AI: Which Controls Apply to LLM-Powered Platforms

How CMMC Level 2's 110 NIST SP 800-171 controls map to modern AI platforms, covering access control, FIPS cryptography, container security, and media protection.

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FedRAMP AI Models: How to Access GPT-5, Claude Opus 4.6, and Gemini 3.1 Pro Without Leaving a FedRAMP Boundary

A guide to accessing frontier AI models (GPT-5, Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3.1 Pro) within FedRAMP authorization boundaries for CMMC and ITAR workloads.

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FIPS 140 Compliance Is an Architecture Decision

FIPS 140 compliance requires enforcement at every layer of your stack: the node OS, service mesh, load balancers, container registry, application dependencies, and storage.

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Hardening Kubernetes for CMMC: The Configurations That Matter

The Kubernetes configurations that matter most for CMMC compliance: immutable OS, FIPS nodes, IMDSv2, workload identity, image pinning, encrypted storage, and hardened containers.

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Zero Static Credentials: What Passwordless Infrastructure Looks Like in Practice

How to eliminate static credentials from a cloud-native AI platform using workload identity federation, secrets management, server-enforced sessions, and fine-grained authorization.

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AI Security for Government Contractors: How Sweetspot Protects Your Data

How Sweetspot protects CUI-adjacent data with CMMC L2, SOC 2 Type II, zero-day AI data retention, and US-only infrastructure purpose-built for govcon.

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