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The TechForward M-26-14 Assessment (the "Assessment") is provided by TechForward LLC ("TechForward", "we", "us"). By using the Assessment, you agree to these Terms of Use and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Assessment.

The Assessment is a free, informational self-assessment of how ready a logging program is for OMB memorandum M-26-14 and CISA's Logging Reference Architecture. It uses your answers to estimate a maturity level from 0 to 4 for each of the memo's five maturity elements, identifies the element holding your overall level back, checks the memo's minimum baseline, and generates a readiness brief, a draft Agency Logging Plan and a cost comparison from figures you enter. No account is required, and your full results are shown without an email address. Giving an email address is optional and only needed to receive a summary by email.

Results are based only on how you answer, mapped to our reading of the published M-26-14 and LRA requirements. They are guidance to help you plan, not an official determination by OMB, CISA or any other agency, and not legal, compliance or other professional advice. The Assessment does not replace your agency's own assessment, reporting obligations or the official documents, and using it does not guarantee any compliance outcome or maturity rating. Recommendations are general; any work with TechForward is subject to a separate agreement.

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We may change, pause or discontinue the Assessment, its questions or its scoring at any time, for example when OMB or CISA update their guidance, and we don't guarantee it will always be available or error-free.

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We may update these terms from time to time. We'll post the new version here and update the "Last updated" date above. Continuing to use the Assessment after a change means you accept the updated terms.

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