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CyberSheath CMMC 2.0 managed services recognize that compliance is not a one-time achievement. After initial certification, your organization must complete periodic assessments, including annual self-attestations and third-party C3PAO audits every three years, to ensure that CMMC compliance is maintained on an ongoing basis.

Compliance is a continuous process

Many organizations view CMMC 2.0 compliance as a goal to be achieved through a successful C3PAO assessment, thinking they can pass the assessment and then get back to the way they were doing things before. This is not the reality of ensuring DOD data security. Because businesses, technologies, and threats are in a constant state of change, CMMC compliance is an ongoing function, a continuous process of assessment, remediation and documentation. This is where CMMC-aligned managed services enter the picture.

CMMC 2.0 managed services supports continuous compliance

Managing CMMC 2.0 compliance on an ongoing basis helps ensure your organization is prepared for annual self-assessments and periodic third-party assessments by a C3PAO (where applicable). A key part of this is maintaining accurate, up-to-date evidence of implementation over time, including security controls, policies, procedures, and system documentation aligned to NIST SP 800-171 requirements.

By continuously collecting and maintaining this evidence, organizations can support compliance validation at any point and reduce the need to recreate documentation prior to an assessment, while maintaining long-term readiness and resilience.

Managing compliance is an integrated multi-functional task

CMMC managed compliance services span multiple activities across three general functional areas — security, IT, and regulatory compliance — to continuously monitor, assess, and manage compliance. Managing these activities at a high level takes a village, best accomplished by dedicated teams coordinating their efforts with a shared goal: full, continuous compliance with all CMMC requirements.

Three areas of focus, defined

The CMMC 2.0 managed services function is best approached by dividing monitoring, management, and documentation activities into three areas:

  • Security operations — logging and monitoring security-relevant sources; evaluating, detecting, and reporting on technology infrastructure and application vulnerabilities; and preparing for, detecting, and acting on security events
  • IT operations — supporting an organization’s IT department by assuming responsibility for compliance-related activities such as identity and access management, security-relevant patching and maintenance functions, and asset and configuration management
  • Compliance operations — managing continuous gap assessments, SSP updates, and POAMs, as well as other functions relevant to CMMC 2.0 compliance such as incident response testing, help desk operations, security training, documentation of security monitoring and remediation actions, and support for certification audits

Single-sourcing to maximize efficiency and cost-effectiveness

The assessment, implementation, and management functions of achieving and maintaining CMMC 2.0 compliance are connected, both in a process continuum and across organizational departments, and very few companies have the internal resources to manage them. Single-sourcing to an outside provider with proven capabilities across all three functions assures compliance with minimum of time, cost and pain with a single point of accountability.

FAQs

What managed services help maintain CMMC compliance?

Managed CMMC services span the full spectrum of organizational functions and departments required to maintain compliance. Areas of focus include security (managing vulnerabilities, incident response and more), IT (supporting IT departments with specific security-related functions in access management, patching, and technology configuration areas), and compliance (managing and documenting critical compliance maintenance activities, including gap assessment, SSPs, and POAMs).

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