Cydney Howard is the Cyber Analyst at CISPOINT, where she helps clients achieve cybersecurity compliance and resilience through risk assessments, incident response, and regulatory alignment with standards like CMMC, ISO, and PCI. After earning her B.S. in Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations from Penn State in 2022, she served as a contracted Technical Report Assessor for NIST’s Cryptographic Module Validation Program, reviewing security policies and validating encryption standards, before joining CISPOINT two years ago. With certifications including CompTIA Security+ and Certified CMMC Professional (CCP), she brings a strong foundation in threat mitigation and small business cybersecurity defense.
In the cyber world of 2025, the most disruptive threats no longer require sophisticated zero-day exploits or the backing of nation-state arsenals. More often, they begin with what is mundane and easily overlooked: a reused … Read more
