Passing a CMMC assessment is an important milestone. But it isn’t the end of your compliance journey. Once the assessors leave, defense contractors still need to maintain the security controls they demonstrated during the assessment, keep documentation and evidence current,
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The Pentagon’s pause of CMMC Phase 2 rocked the defense industrial base (DIB). Some contractors interpreted “pause” as permission to stop. At CMMC CON 2026, speakers from across the DIB, the Pentagon, and the legal community made clear that interpretation
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Just 1,391 organizations held a final CMMC Level 2 certificate as of the Cyber AB’s May 2026 town hall, up 14% from the month before, with another 47 conditional certificates issued and 140 assessments still in progress. The Pentagon estimates
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Many organizations pursuing CMMC certification make the same costly mistake: they start implementing security controls before they fully understand their scope. They purchase tools, migrate platforms, or build segregated enclave environments without first mapping where Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) actually
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You’ve taken the steps to assess your cybersecurity posture against NIST 800-171, implemented the required controls, and now you’re managing and maintaining your compliant state. CMMC audit readiness, otherwise known as operating compliantly, has become a way of life. CMMC
CMMC Level 2 is no longer new. Most organizations understand the framework, the 110 controls, and what a C3PAO assessment requires for certification against NIST SP 800-171. What’s still less understood is what changes once CMMC implementation moves from planning into live environments, especially
You’ve worked hard to achieve full compliance with CMMC 2.0 by implementing the controls outlined in NIST 800-171. Now it’s time to make sure your system doesn’t decay, sliding you into a non-compliant state. In our last blog, we discussed
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CMMC readiness has become one of the most confusing and misunderstood challenges facing the Defense Industrial Base. But most organizations aren’t struggling because they lack options. They’re struggling because the ecosystem feels fragmented. Advisors say one thing. C3PAOs say another. MSPs, legal
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When defense contractors start their CMMC journey, most focus on controls, policies, and tools. But there’s a quieter step that determines whether your certification effort succeeds or stalls: scoping. As Casey Lang, CyberSheath SVP of Compliance, put it during the CMMC Scoping Pitfalls webinar, “Scoping is
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CMMC Level 2 is here, and primes are already encouraging subcontractors to comply. Success starts with understanding the roles of RPOs and C3PAOs, choosing partners wisely, and preparing with the right documentation and scope. In our webinar RPOs vs. C3PAOs: Decoding CMMC Compliance
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