CMMC or Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification is a necessity for achieving compliance for defense industrial base organizations. CMMC compliance provides a standardized framework for enhancing cybersecurity across the defense industrial base. Established by the Department of Defense, it manages and protects Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and Federal Contract Info (FCI). It does this in a progressively sophisticated approach with five levels of certification.
Key Benefits of CMMC Certification
- Enhanced security, ensures a robust and standardized structure to mitigate cybersecurity risks and data breaches
- Standardization, before CMMC, cybersecurity requirements varied, leading to inconsistent practices. CMMC standardizes these requirements, leading to uniform security practices and less likelihood of cyber attacks.
- Mandatory Compliance, CMMC is now a requirement for any organization biding for DoD contracts
Steps to Achieve CMMC Compliance
- Understand the Requirements, identify the CMMC level that aligns with your contracts or business needs
- Conduct a Gap Analysis, access your current cybersecurity practices against CMMC standards, and identify gaps
- Implement Necessary Practices, close identified gaps by implementing required technical, administrative and/or operational measures.
- Prepare for the Assessment, Schedule an assessment with a certified CMMC third party organization (C3PAO)
- Maintain Compliance, continuously monitor, improve, and audit your cybersecurity practices to stay compliant.
Advocates to Achieve vital CMMC certification
CMMC is vital for achieving compliance. While it is a necessity to gain CMMC compliance, achieving AND maintaining it is not an easy feat, as it is a meticulous process that requires tedious attention to detail, and an ability to undergo rigorous testing. Often, it can get overwhelming to keep track of where one is in the process, the steps needed to move forward, and how to identify gaps to remedy them prior to testing for certification.
That is where Velox Systems comes in. We not only partner with you in the process but are your advocate onwards to make sure you maintain that compliance. We provide an initial GAP assessment, a secure SPRS assessment, a system security plan, and all the technology professional services needed to make your environment compliant. Most importantly, we then strategize with you on how to maintain compliance beyond certification. This includes large shifts to companies such as management shifts, expansions/relocations, and other unforeseen changes. This inevitably frees your organization up to spend that time on developing new strategies, projects, and other revenue generating opportunities.
The deadline for CMMC certification is approaching and it’s a heavy lift. Let us lend a hand!