Cyber COMPLIANCE FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTING

Are you a small business DoD contracting business who may be subject to CMMC certification? Do you know where to start? We can help you. 

Cybersecurity threats occur daily worldwide and they can have disastrous effects on the defense supply chain. To protect its supply chain, the Department of Defense developed cyber requirements and compliance standards for suppliers and contractors with the goal of safeguarding protected information. The Defense industry has developed and is in the process of implementing a five level Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC )Audit and Certification whereby the DoD contractor will be required to be assessed and audited by an independent 3rd party firm. Previously, DoD contractors were able to self regulate and report their organization’s cyber compliance  under NIST 800-171 security control regulation. DoD’s goal is to ensure that its contracting partners practice good cyber hygiene by make security a priority and implement certain procedures in their business practices. As a result, large and small contractors must understand the impact this certification requirement will have on their future DoD contract opportunities. Request For Proposals will soon be published including CMMC requirements.  Depending on a contractor’s responsibility, they will be required to attain at least one of the five CMMC levels of certification. 

Can you help me? 

Yes. We can help. For many services  the cost of achieving cyber compliance can be very expensive. In certain cases, it can be beyond the reach of many small contractors. These contractors often do not have their own in-house IT personnel and for those that do, their providers may not know exactly how to help them and still remain cost effective.  80% of small businesses that experience a cyber attack do not recover from them. This is due to the cost of remediation as well as damage to reputation with customers and vendors. 

To achieve CMMC cyber compliance, contractors must determine where they stand regarding NIST 800-171 controls, then focus on achieving the necessary CMMC certification for their prospective DoD contracts. With the help of our IT partners, we help small businesses understand where they are in their cyber maturity, and then work with them to reach the level of compliance they need to be respective to their level of responsibility in the supply chain.  And we can do this affordably and securely.  We provide our customers with access to security controls expertise and easy to use compliance tools designed to organize and track your progress. We work extremely well and efficiently with DoD contractors that do not have in-house NIST compliance professionals or experts in CMMC levels. 

Save time and money, while achieving your cyber compliance. If you need help with your cyber compliance for federal contracting and not sure where to start, contact us now!