# Margarita Howard’s HX5 Operationalizes CMMC Compliance Before AI Rules Arrive > Source: > Published: 2026-08-10 14:10:36+00:00 Margarita Howard has spent two decades running a company in a government contracting market where the rules rarely hold still. HX5, the defense and aerospace services firm she founded in 2004 and still leads, supports Department of Defense and NASA missions and has employed over 1,000 people across 34 states and 90 government locations over […] The post [Margarita Howard’s HX5 Operationalizes CMMC Compliance Before AI Rules Arrive](https://www.itsecurityguru.org/2026/08/10/margarita-howards-hx5-operationalizes-cmmc-compliance-before-ai-rules-arrive/) appeared first on [IT Security Guru](https://www.itsecurityguru.org).