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Avatara Platform Achieves FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency Under DoD Mandates

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2 months ago

May 4, 2026

Pre-configured CMMC-aligned enterprise and enclave workspaces can be deployed in as little as 30 days—helping over 220,000 defense contractors meet CMMC requirements faster and remain eligible for federal contracts

Key Takeaways

Avatara Platform achieves FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency for handling sensitive defense dataPlatform enables defense contractors to inherit 80% of CMMC Level 2 objectives, reducing compliance burdensDefense contractors can deploy fully-managed CMMC-aligned enterprise and enclave workspaces in as little as 30 daysAvatara’s solution targets 220,000+ companies competing for a share of more than $300 billion annually in DoD procurement and R&D spendingAvatara workspaces meet both NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC Level 2 standards

ST. LOUIS, May 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Avatara, which provides businesses with compliant IT systems-as-a-service, announced today that Avatara Platform has achieved FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency under Department of Defense (DoD) mandates.

The Avatara Platform achieved FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency under DoD mandates, strengthening Avatara’s CMMC offering.

This certification validates the company’s platform for handling sensitive defense data and strengthens Avatara’s CMMC offering — fully-managed enterprise and enclave workspaces that can be deployed in as little as 30 days, helping defense contractors meet mandatory Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2 requirements without redesigning their existing IT infrastructure. The platform supports all 110 CMMC Level 2 controls, with 80% of required objectives inherited directly from Avatara Platform, significantly reducing the compliance burden on contractors preparing for certification.

“This is a big win for Avatara, and for the hundreds of thousands of defense contractors that need secure environments that protect sensitive data while meeting strict security regulations,” said Rob McCormick, founder and CEO of Avatara. “Our FedRAMP equivalency validates our data-centric security foundation and helps customers achieve compliance faster and with greater confidence.”

FedRAMP (the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) is the U.S. government’s standard for evaluating the security of cloud services. Defense contractors that utilize third-parties to store, process or transmit sensitive defense data must use providers that meet FedRAMP Moderate authorized or equivalent standards under DFARS 252.204-7012.

The Stakes for Defense Contractors

More than 220,000 companies across the Defense Industrial Base are subject to CMMC requirements. These organizations compete for a share of more than $300 billion annually in DoD procurement and R&D spending. Under DFARS 252.204-7012, any contractor storing, processing, or transmitting controlled defense information in the cloud must use a provider that meets FedRAMP Moderate authorized or equivalent security standards. As CMMC enforcement accelerates through 2026 and beyond, companies operating in non-compliant environments risk disqualification from contract awards—making secure, compliant infrastructure not just a technical requirement, but a prerequisite for competing and winning new business.

“Achieving FedRAMP Moderate Equivalency is another strong testament to Avatara Platform’s core ability to deliver simple, secure, and compliant information systems,” added Brandon DiMemmo, VP of Product for Avatara. “At a time when the market is saturated with overly complex, piecemeal solutions and uncertain compliance outcomes, Avatara stands apart by delivering an all-inclusive, fully managed platform that makes compliance more attainable, predictable, and less burdensome for customers.”

FAQs: CMMC & Avatara Platform

How many companies are affected by CMMC Level 2 requirements?

Over 220,000 companies across the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) must meet CMMC requirements.

What’s at stake for defense contractors?

These organizations compete for a share of more than $300 billion annually in DoD procurement and R&D spending.

What’s the risk of non-compliance with CMMC Level 2?

Defense contractors face two related requirements: their cloud providers must meet FedRAMP Moderate authorized or equivalent standards under DFARS 252.204-7012, and the contractors themselves must achieve CMMC certification. Failure to meet either requirement can result in disqualification from DoD contract awards.

When is the deadline for CMMC enforcement?

CMMC enforcement accelerates through 2026 and beyond. Self-assessments are currently required. Additionally, third-party certification requirements will be phased into DoD contracts starting in November 2026, with many prime contractors already imposing flow down requirements for subcontractors.

How does Avatara Platform Help Defense Contractors Meet CMMC Requirements?

Avatara Platform helps defense contractors meet CMMC Level 2 requirements without redesigning their existing IT infrastructure. The platform supports all 110 CMMC Level 2 controls, with 80% of required objectives inherited directly from Avatara Platform, significantly reducing the compliance burden on contractors preparing for certification.

Pre-configured and fully-managed, Avatara Platform allows defense contractors to store, process and transmit sensitive defense data within isolated, secure enterprise and enclave workspaces that meet both NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC Level 2 standards.

Avatara Platform Explained:

Avatara Platform is a fully managed, compliant information system pre-designed to host and operate a customer’s complete IT environment. The platform delivers standardized, CMMC-aligned enterprise and enclave workspaces that are built, secured, and operated by Avatara on behalf of each customer.

Avatara provisions isolated, dedicated environments produced from the same system architecture, much like identical products coming off an assembly line. Offered as a simple per-user, per-month subscription, workspaces include everything required to support the customer’s handling of sensitive defense data. And, unlike traditional offerings, Avatara provides and manages the entire IT stack.

Deployed in as little as 30 days, customers simply access Avatara Platform from anywhere with a secure login.

About Avatara

Headquartered in St. Louis, Avatara is the developer of Avatara Platform, a fully-managed, all-inclusive, IT systems-as-a-service platform that allows businesses to significantly cut their annual IT spend, while meeting the rising tide of security and compliance standards impacting industries throughout the world. Avatara solves the problem of increasing cost, complexity, and compliance – The Three C’s of IT. We eliminate the endless cycle of acquiring, building, and maintaining an ever-evolving technology foundation to run your business.

Since its founding over 20 years ago, Avatara has worked with hundreds of businesses spanning a range of industries, including defense contractors, manufacturing, architecture, engineering, construction, healthcare, legal, finance, and retail sectors, among many others. Visit avataraplatform.com to learn more.

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VIVATECH 2026 CELEBRATES ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A RECORD EDITION SURPASSING 200,000 VISITORS

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55 minutes ago

June 20, 2026

With the presence of Emmanuel Macron and Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India

PARIS, June 20, 2026 /CNW/ — From June 17 to 20, 2026 at Paris Porte de Versailles, VivaTech celebrated its 10th edition, surpassing the exceptional milestone of 200,000 visitors from 165 nationalities, with more than 15,000 startups present, 1,155 speakers and over 5 billion cumulative impressions on social media. Europe’s largest tech and innovation event has reached a new dimension, consolidating its status as an unmissable global gathering.

Exceptional speakers

VivaTech welcomed the greatest figures in global tech: Jeff Bezos (Amazon & Blue Origin), Dave Limp (Blue Origin), Bernard Arnault (LVMH), Henna Virkkunen (European Commission), Ekaterina Zaharieva (European Commission). Germany, Country of the Year 2026, was represented by a ministerial delegation, while India, AI Country Partner 2026, was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as a continuation of the AI Summit in New Delhi.

Innovation and business at the heart of the event

More than 4,500 exhibitors, 61% of whom were international, showcased their latest innovations. Among the standout innovations: the smart contact lens by XPANCEO, the thought-controlled humanoid robot by Unitree x HABS, and the 3D-printed resorbable implants by Lattice Medical. New formats such as the Business Plaza and Investors Office Hours further accelerated business connections.

The VivaTech x Bloomberg Awards

For the first time, VivaTech presented the VivaTech x Bloomberg Awards, recognising the most influential figures in global tech, including Sir Tim Berners-Lee (Visionary Award), Joe Tsai (Leadership Award) and Yann LeCun (Momentum Award).

Innovation open to all

VivaTech also took over the Champs-Élysées on June 14th for an open-air technology showcase, before opening its doors to the general public on June 20th with astronaut Thomas Pesquet as guest star.

“This 10th edition was not a celebration of the 9 previous years, but the opening of a new decade full of promise.” — Maurice Lévy, Michèle Benbunan & François Bitouzet, VivaTech

See you from June 16 to 19, 2027 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles for VivaTech 2027!

About VivaTech

VivaTech accelerates innovation by connecting startups, tech leaders, major companies, and investors responding to our world’s biggest challenges.

Each year, over four exciting days in Paris, VivaTech creates Europe’s biggest startup and tech event, exploring the most disruptive topics in tech with world-premiere demos, launches, and conferences in a collaborative ecosystem. This is where business meets innovation. Join us for the eleventh edition of VivaTech 16-19 June 2027.

For more information go to our website at https://vivatech.com/media or follow us on social media @VivaTech.

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Pope Leo XIV embraces paediatric patients at CNAO in Pavia

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4 hours ago

June 20, 2026

PAVIA, Italy, June 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO) served as the first stop today during Pope Leo XIV’s pastoral visit to the city of Pavia. His choice to begin his journey at this center reflects a profound commitment to fostering meaningful dialogue between advanced scientific progress and the alleviation of human suffering.

CNAO President Gianluca Vago and General Manager Sandro Rossi received His Holiness, illustrating the center’s distinctive capabilities. CNAO stands out as a unique reality in Italy, remaining one of the very few facilities worldwide capable of delivering hadrontherapy using both protons and carbon ions. The technological core of the facility is its synchrotron, a subatomic particle accelerator that generates ultra-high-precision beams to treat complex, inoperable and radioresistant tumours. This cutting-edge technology allows for the targeted eradication of diseased cells while meticulously preserving surrounding healthy tissues, drastically improving patients’ survival and quality of life.

Furthermore, CNAO is expanding its capabilities as a premier multi-center utilizing new ion species, like Helium, later Oxygen and Neon. Soon, treatments will incorporate the Leo Cancer Care upright positioning and imaging system. The immediate future also includes beginning therapies with a Hitachi dedicated proton accelerator and gantry and a BNCT system for metastatic diseases, equipped with an electrostatic accelerator produced by TAE Life Science. With these new technologies, CNAO will become one of the most technologically advanced center in the world.

To date, over six thousand individuals, including approximately three hundred children and adolescents, have benefited from these life-saving treatments.

During his visit, the Pope engaged with CNAO’s Board of Directors, a collaborative body uniting national universities, clinical institutions, and research centers. He also extended his heartfelt greetings to the two hundred employees of the center. These doctors, physicists, engineers, and researchers tirelessly operate the advanced technologies in the service of oncology patients.

The emotional pinnacle of the day was the Holy Father’s private gathering with a delegation of young children who underwent treatment. The paediatric patients and their families shared a deeply touching moment of closeness, receiving the Pope’s comforting embrace.

“The visit of Pope Leo XIV honours us and represents a moment of extraordinary human value”, stated CNAO President Gianluca Vago. “In his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, the Holy Father emphasizes the necessity of a science that constantly safeguards the centrality of the person and directs technology toward the common good. In a time marked by global tensions, CNAO testifies daily how the incredible power of the atom can be used not to destroy, but to heal. The particle beams we utilize against disease are, symbolically, Rays of Hope, sharing and supporting the IAEA project bearing this name. The embrace the Holy Father reserved for our children reminds us that scientific research finds its most authentic purpose when it encounters listening, compassion, and hope”.

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HelloNation Article Examines Full Coverage Auto Insurance With Insurance Expert Ben Buenzow

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6 hours ago

June 20, 2026

The article explains what full coverage auto insurance typically includes, what it excludes, and how coverage limits affect Iowa drivers.

URBANDALE, Iowa, June 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — What does full coverage auto insurance actually include for drivers in Iowa? That question is answered in a HelloNation article featuring insights from Insurance Expert Ben Buenzow of Buenzow Insurance Group in Urbandale, Iowa.

The HelloNation article explains that full coverage auto insurance is a commonly used phrase that many drivers misunderstand. While the term suggests broad protection, it usually refers to a combination of liability coverage, collision coverage, and comprehensive coverage within an insurance policy. Understanding what these components cover helps drivers avoid gaps in protection and unexpected costs after an accident.

Liability coverage forms the legal foundation of auto insurance in Iowa. The article explains that liability coverage pays for injuries or property damage that a driver causes to others in an accident. State law requires Iowa drivers to carry minimum liability limits, and full coverage auto insurance policies include at least those required limits. However, liability coverage does not pay for damage to the driver’s own vehicle, which is why additional protection is often necessary.

Collision coverage is the part of a policy that helps pay for damage to the driver’s own vehicle after an accident. The HelloNation article notes that collision coverage applies when a vehicle hits another car, a guardrail, or a stationary object. In most cases, the insurer pays the actual cash value of the vehicle or the repair cost minus the policy’s deductible. Insurance Expert Ben Buenzow is featured in the article as a source of insights on how deductibles influence both insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs during a claim.

Comprehensive coverage addresses a different type of risk. According to the article, comprehensive coverage protects against damage caused by events other than collisions. This includes hail, theft, vandalism, fire, falling objects, or animal-related incidents. For Iowa drivers, weather-related risks such as hailstorms can make comprehensive coverage an important part of a full coverage auto insurance policy.

The HelloNation article also explains that deductibles apply to both collision coverage and comprehensive coverage. The deductible is the amount the policyholder must pay before insurance coverage begins. Drivers can often choose higher or lower deductibles depending on their financial preferences. Higher deductibles typically reduce premium costs but increase the amount paid out of pocket if damage occurs.

Another important takeaway from the article is what full coverage auto insurance does not automatically include. Standard policies usually do not provide roadside assistance, rental reimbursement, or gap coverage unless these features are added separately. The article explains that roadside assistance covers towing or emergency services, while rental reimbursement helps cover the cost of a temporary vehicle during repairs.

Gap coverage is another optional feature highlighted in the article. It is often recommended for drivers who finance or lease newer vehicles. Gap coverage pays the difference between the remaining loan balance and the vehicle’s actual cash value if it is declared a total loss after an accident.

The article also discusses the importance of understanding coverage limits within an insurance policy. Coverage limits determine the maximum amount an insurer will pay for a covered loss. If damage or liability exceeds those limits, the driver may be responsible for the remaining costs. Reviewing coverage limits carefully helps drivers ensure their policy reflects both the value of their vehicle and their financial risk.

Insurance Expert Ben Buenzow is again referenced in the article as part of a broader discussion about how drivers can make informed decisions about Iowa car insurance. The article encourages drivers to evaluate deductibles, coverage limits, and optional protections based on their individual needs.

The HelloNation article concludes by emphasizing that drivers should periodically review their insurance policy. Changes in vehicle value, financial circumstances, and driving habits can all affect the appropriate level of coverage. Understanding the components of full coverage auto insurance helps drivers maintain adequate protection and prepare for unexpected events on the road.

Iowa Auto Insurance: What Full Coverage Includes and Excludes features insights from Ben Buenzow, Insurance Expert of Urbandale, Iowa, in HelloNation.

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HelloNation is America’s Good News Network, a premier media platform built on the idea that good news travels faster when real people tell real stories. Through its community-focused publications and innovative “edvertising” approach, HelloNation delivers content that informs, inspires, and spotlights the leaders making a meaningful impact in their communities.

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