CMMC Watch - Data Sources

Complete list of sources for daily CMMC/compliance news aggregation.

RSS Feeds (FREE - 20 feeds)

Federal IT & Defense Cybersecurity

• FedScoop - https://fedscoop.com/feed/
• DefenseScoop - https://defensescoop.com/feed/
• Federal News Network - https://federalnewsnetwork.com/category/technology-main/cybersecurity/feed/
• Nextgov Cybersecurity - https://www.nextgov.com/rss/cybersecurity/
• GovCon Wire - https://www.govconwire.com/feed/
• SecurityWeek - https://www.securityweek.com/feed/
• Cyberscoop - https://cyberscoop.com/feed/

Defense-focused

• Breaking Defense - https://breakingdefense.com/feed/
• Defense One - https://www.defenseone.com/rss/all/
• Defense News - https://www.defensenews.com/arc/outboundfeeds/rss/?outputType=xml
• ExecutiveGov - https://executivegov.com/feed/

Intelligence & Espionage

• Industrial Cyber - https://industrialcyber.co/feed/
• IntelNews - https://intelnews.org/feed/
• CSIS - https://www.csis.org/rss/analysis/all
• Cyberpress - https://cyberpress.org/feed/
• Reuters Security - https://www.reuters.com/arc/outboundfeeds/v3/rss/section/world/cybersecurity/?outputType=xml

Official Government Sources

• DOJ National Security - https://www.justice.gov/feeds/opa/justice-news.xml
• NIST CSRC - https://csrc.nist.gov/csrc/media/feeds/metafeeds/all.rss ⭐ NEW

CMMC-Specific Resources

• CMMC Audit Blog - https://cmmcaudit.org/feed/ ⭐ NEW
• Cyber-AB News - https://cyberab.org/feed/ ⭐ NEW

Total RSS feeds: 20
Cost: $0/month ✅

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LinkedIn Profiles (Apify - FREE TIER)

Key CMMC Influencers (4 profiles)

1. Katie Arrington - DoD CIO (former CISO, original CMMC architect)

2. https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-arrington-a6949425/

3. Stacy Bostjanick - DoD CIO Chief DIB Cybersecurity (CMMC implementation lead)

4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacy-bostjanick-a3b67173/

5. Matthew Travis - Cyber-AB CEO (former CISA Deputy Director)

6. https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewtravisdc/

7. Amira Armond - Kieri Solutions (C3PAO), cmmcaudit.org editor

8. https://www.linkedin.com/in/amira-armond/

Fetch limits (optimized for free tier): - 4 profiles max - 3 posts per profile max - 1 fetch per day - ~12 posts/day total

Expected usage: ~$3/month
Free tier limit: $5/month
Cost: $0/month (within free tier) ✅

LinkedIn API Credentials (Optional)

LinkedIn API integration is available but not recommended because: - Only works for company pages (not personal profiles) - Our key profiles are personal accounts - Apify free tier works better for our use case

See scripts/linkedin_api_setup.md and scripts/linkedin_oauth.py if you want to experiment.

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Summary

Total sources: 20 RSS feeds + 4 LinkedIn profiles = 24 sources
Total cost: $0/month (Apify free tier)
Expected daily content: 50+ posts/day

Recent additions (2026-01-25): - ✅ NIST CSRC RSS feed (official NIST 800-171 updates) - ✅ CMMC Audit Blog RSS (Amira Armond) - ✅ Cyber-AB News RSS (official certification body)

Abandoned approaches: - ❌ RSSHub (LinkedIn route broken/disabled) - ⚠️ LinkedIn API (available but limited to company pages)

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Monitoring Apify Usage

1. Go to https://console.apify.com/account/usage
2. Check "Platform usage" for current month
3. If approaching $5 limit:
4. Reduce to 3 profiles
5. Fetch every other day
6. Or upgrade to paid tier ($49/month for more credits)

Current config stays well within free tier. No action needed. ✅