A Testimonial – Myth vs. Reality: Why CMMC Assessments Aren’t Always $100K (and How Mission Multiplier Helps You Do It Cheaper)
Myth vs. Reality: Why CMMC Assessments Aren’t Always $100K (and How Mission Multiplier Helps You Do It Cheaper) For small and mid-sized businesses operating within the defense industrial base, the new Department of War (DoW) mandate requiring CMMC compliance can feel daunting. Many smaller organizations are unsure where to begin when faced with the […]
CMMC Compliance – Data in Transit
Encryption is one of the most important requirements of the Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework. Every defense industrial based (DIB) organization is required to deploy encryption across all systems which store, process, and/or transmit controlled unclassified information (CUI). This requirement is meant to help protect DIB organizations from costly data […]
Mission Multiplier and All Points Team Up to Tame SIEM Chaos
Around one percent of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP) per year is lost to cyber theft. Federal agencies and large contractors expect dispersed cybersecurity responsibility because the weakest link in a chain can expose cloud data or access to digital infrastructure at the highest levels. In the government spending area, this is especially worrisome. […]
How Mission Multiplier Is Approaching CMMC
With the right approach, the implementation of the controls necessary for your target CMMC maturity level can go from being a costly source of stress and confusion to being a coordinated, streamlined process.
DoD Interim Rule: What You Need to Know for CMMC and DFARS Compliance
On September 29, 2020, the Department of Defense (DoD) released the long-awaited “interim rule”, that many in the industry have hoped would provide clear guidance on DoD’s implementation of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework. Most of the new interim rule, however, is focused on ensuring that contractors are currently compliant with the 110 […]
New Developments for CMMC
Since last summer, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and the impact that it will have on businesses large and small has been weighing heavily in the minds of anyone doing business with the DoD. Although many businesses and organizations have been shut down or have had to re-evaluate their projects and deadlines during the […]
CMMC: Version 0.6 Updates
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment has released Version 0.6 (v0.6) of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), the all-new cybersecurity certification program that will require all companies who hold contracts with the DoD to meet defined cybersecurity requirements. The previously released version of the CMMC, v0.4, was open for public comments […]
Initial Updates on CMMC
By now, everyone has heard of the new CMMC model for cybersecurity assessment being rolled out by the DoD in 2020. We even addressed several concerns and questions we had in an article back in late July. With version 1.0 of the CMMC framework set to drop in January 2020 and the new regulations expected […]
CMMC: Our Top 8 Questions
The compliance-conscious companies of the internet were set abuzz last month when everyone started catching wind of an announcement that the DoD is creating a cybersecurity assessment model and certification program called the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC. Everyone and their brothers were publishing nearly identical articles summarizing the slide deck that accompanied the […]