Eligibility for many Department of Defense contracts will hinge on passing a Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2 assessment. For organizations handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), CMMC is a revenue gate. But when defense contractors first hear about CMMC, the reaction is often […]
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You’ve completed your internal assessment and scoped your environment. Now it’s time to act on all that intelligence and achieve compliance. How do you go about documenting your compliance with the requirements and making a plan to implement the remaining controls?
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Washington entered a partial government shutdown at midnight on Jan. 31, 2026 after funding lapsed for dozens of federal agencies. The Senate advanced a bipartisan funding package late Friday to fund most of the government, but the House had not
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Over the last few days, there has been a lot of noise and more than a little panic about recent FAR and DFARS changes tied to the so-called “Revolutionary FAR Overhaul.” If you follow CMMC closely, your LinkedIn feed probably
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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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If you work in the Defense Industrial Base, you already know the alphabet soup is real—CMMC, DFARS, FAR, NIST, FCA, DOJ. And you’ve probably felt that gap between technical controls and legal exposure. We see it every day. Good teams with solid cybersecurity get
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As part of your assessment against NIST 800-171, it’s critical to understand what parts of your environment are in scope. This is where CMMC scoping comes in. In our first blog in this series, we discussed the importance of assessments;
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If you’re part of the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), you already know the stakes are rising in 2026. The cybersecurity conversation has shifted from preparation to execution. The CMMC program is now an enforceable requirement for DOD-contract eligibility, and defense contractors are trying to keep up amid
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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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As a defense contractor pursuing cybersecurity compliance, there’s no better place to start than with an assessment. It’s important to know your real posture against CMMC 2.0 requirements as it provides a clear list of actionable items that will structure your path to compliance.
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