Practitioner insights on CMMC implementation, assessment preparation, and the compliance challenges defense contractors face right now.
The most common source of assessment failure starts with scope. If you can't trace where CUI enters, moves through, and exits your environment, everything downstream is built on assumptions.
Assessors evaluate policies, procedures, training programs, and whether your organization actually follows them. That is an organizational discipline, not a system configuration.
Not every CMMC consultant has been on the assessor side of the table. Not every firm works at the control level. Here's how to tell the difference before you sign.
Most organizations can configure access permissions. Fewer can demonstrate to an assessor that those permissions are enforced consistently, reviewed periodically, and documented.
Conditional access policies are where CMMC access control requirements meet your Azure environment. Here's how to configure them so they satisfy both your assessor and your users.
Annual awareness videos check a box. They don't change how people handle CUI. Here's what a training program that satisfies assessors and actually works looks like.
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