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Trust doesn't scale. Enablement does. Inside the new CIQ partner portal

Trust doesn't scale. Enablement does. Inside the new CIQ partner portal

We have a partner on the East Coast we've worked with for three years. Reseller, strong engineering bench, deep in regulated industries. We've driven real revenue together. Their team knows exactly…

Aug 27, 2026
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BOD 26-04 and federal contractors: what it means for FISMA scope

BOD 26-04 and federal contractors: what it means for FISMA scope

BOD 26-04 binds federal agencies, and the systems contractors run for them fall in scope. Here is how FISMA scope works and what to verify

Aug 20, 2026
SecurityComplianceRLC Pro Hardened
Self-service purchasing is live: buy CIQ products in the portal, on your own terms

Self-service purchasing is live: buy CIQ products in the portal, on your own terms

When we launched the CIQ portal, you could browse the catalog, claim a developer license, start a trial, and download images across the full product portfolio. One step still sent you somewhere else.…

Aug 18, 2026
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Optimize GPU, cost, and expertise with Fuzzball

Optimize GPU, cost, and expertise with Fuzzball

A new AI launch can spike usage before anyone can trace the spend. See how Fuzzball optimizes GPU utilization, cost, and infrastructure expertise so teams get to the work faster, straight from the Fuzzball documentation.

Aug 13, 2026
FuzzballAI
Why we're building OpenWALDO

Why we're building OpenWALDO

CIQ founder Gregory Kurtzer on why AI needs an open, community governed corpus of training data, and how OpenWALDO applies proven open source infrastructure to build it.

Aug 12, 2026
AIOpen sourceAnnouncements
Sovereign AI, from desk to data center: a conversation with TechnologyInsider

Sovereign AI, from desk to data center: a conversation with TechnologyInsider

CIQ CEO Gregory Kurtzer talks with TechnologyInsider about running AI in house: why starting is easy, why scaling is hard, and what is pushing European organizations toward sovereign AI.

Aug 12, 2026
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FIPS 140-3 under BOD 26-04: what federal agencies actually need to prove

FIPS 140-3 under BOD 26-04: what federal agencies actually need to prove

FIPS mode is not FIPS validation. Here is what FIPS 140-3 actually requires under federal review, and what counts as evidence for your Linux stack.

Aug 11, 2026
RLC Pro HardenedSecurityCompliance
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Routing LKRG runtime events into Wazuh from RLC Pro Hardened

Routing LKRG runtime events into Wazuh from RLC Pro Hardened

LKRG stops kernel attacks, but a blocked attempt is still an attempt. Here's why routing LKRG events into Wazuh gets the record off the host — and why the kernel-direct path matters when the box is going down.

Aug 6, 2026
RLC Pro HardenedSecurity
Own your Enterprise Linux lifecycle without hand-managing content views

Own your Enterprise Linux lifecycle without hand-managing content views

Pin, stage, and roll back Enterprise Linux releases on infrastructure you run.

Aug 6, 2026
RLC ProInfrastructure
Why BOD 26-04's three-day window assumes runtime kernel monitoring

Why BOD 26-04's three-day window assumes runtime kernel monitoring

BOD 26-04's clock starts at KEV disclosure, not patch availability. LKRG 1.0 covers the window between a KEV entry and a production patch.

Aug 5, 2026
RLC Pro HardenedSecurityCompliance
A Fortune 500 payments company cut licensing costs without recertifying a single application

A Fortune 500 payments company cut licensing costs without recertifying a single application

A Fortune 500 global payments company cut OS licensing costs by more than 40% across 3,000+ nodes, with zero disruption to production. Here is how.

Aug 5, 2026
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