NIST/DFARS Guided Maturity Level 3 Certification

The CMMC is a new Department of Defense (DoD) mandate that affects all federal DoD contractors. The self-attestation of NIST 800-171, NIST 800-52 and DFARS 252.204-7012 is not only complicated, but it has NOT been working so the DoD is unifying all the guidelines via CMMC and auditing contractors in this new "trust but verify" approach. This new guideline now requires a CMMC 3rd Party Assessor Organization (C3PAO) to audit your cybersecurity policies, procedures and security controls. There are five Maturity Levels (ML) a contractor can achieve, and they build on top of each other – You can’t reach ML5 unless you also have ML3 practices and processes in place. Being a federal contractor is complicated.  Besides seeing your clients and giving them the best goods and/or services possible, you also have the constant threat of CMMC audits, fees and penalties breathing down your neck; not to mention the shady hackers waiting to steal the government's Federal Contract Information (FCI) or