Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
CMMC
from a Department of Justice press release
As an Authorized Provider of CMMC assessment and solution services, Gray Analytics has published information designed to equip organizations with important facts about achieving CMMC compliance. Here are some highlights from Gray Analytics.
The Department of Defense (DoD) revised the CMMC program to promote adoption of cybersecurity practices in small and medium businesses while setting priorities for the protection of Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) within the DoD.
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The Facts About CMMC Compliance for Cybersecurity
Gray Analytics is proud to be authorized as a Registered Provider Organization by the CMMC Accreditation Body to provide advice, consulting, and recommendations related to CMMC 2.0 requirements. Learn more at the CMMC-AB site by clicking the logos above.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and its partners comprising the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) are targets of cyberattacks that are increasing in severity – and include cyberattacks sponsored by nation states. The DoD introduced CMMC requiring DIB contractors – who control almost 90% of critical U.S. networks – to meet specific levels of cybersecurity protection based on the sensitivity of information they handle. CMMC helps ensure the more than 100,000 contractors in the DIB have appropriate cyber protections and resilience. Otherwise, DIB contractors may no longer contribute to the U.S. national defense.
For more, read our blog: The Facts About CMMC Compliance for Cybersecurity.
What are the top 3 considerations for cybersecurity compliance?
1. How to identify and protect sensitive data
2. Ensuring secure system architecture
3. Implementing robust incident response plans
For more, read our blog: The Top 3 Considerations for Cybersecurity Compliance.
Gray Analytics is an industry leader assisting federal agencies and contractors secure their IT Infrastructures in accordance with today’s regulatory environment including compliance with FAR and DFAR contractual obligations, SPRS attestations, and the NIST families of controls.
Our team is dedicated to staying up to date and knowledgeable with the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) latest acquisition policies, and members of our team worked with the DoD on the development of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) to meet the rapidly changing challenges in today’s cybersecurity landscape.
Further, Gray Analytics’ deep experience and industry knowledge will help you prepare for the pending CMMC assessments. Our team has the certified staff necessary to help keep any firm in compliance with the complex and ever-shifting regulatory environment. As a result, we help ensure a smooth adoption of changing controls and minimize the risk of lost contracts through non-compliance.
Gray Analytics is designated a CMMC Third Party Assessor Organization (C3PAO) by the CMMC Accreditation Body.
We add structure and clarity to your compliance challenges, eliminating the gray areas from the DoD’s acquisition policies so that you can focus on identifying and mitigating any gaps to compliance in a timely and efficient manner.
What is CMMC and why do I need to comply?
CMMC assures the U.S. Department of Defense that your cybersecurity plan involves continuous monitoring and upgrading to thwart anyone who might be acting with malicious intent. It provides appropriate cybersecurity risk management protocols to protect controlled unclassified information (CUI) and federal contract information (FCI).
For more, read our blog: What is CMMC And Why Is It Important To My Business?
CMMC requires periodic cybersecurity assessments
Finding a problem now is much better than finding it after symptoms appear. The importance of a cyber assessment is the same: it’s better to find problems before there are symptoms of a gap in your cyber program.
For more, read our blog: The Importance of a Cyber Assessment.
For CMMC assessments, engage with a C3PAO
Things You Must Know about CMMC
The Cyber AB is the organization that authorizes firms to provide required assessments for CMMC.
Gray Analytics recently earned its accreditation from The Cyber AB and is now an authorized C3PAO (CMMC Third Party Assessment Organization).
For more, read our blog: Gray Analytics Named an Authorized C3PAO.
What are CMMC Flow Downs?
CMMC enforces protection of sensitive unclassified information that is shared by the DoD with its contractors and subcontractors. The program provides for “flow downs”: assurance that contractors and subcontractors are meeting the cybersecurity requirements for systems that process controlled unclassified information (CUI).
For more, read our blog: Is My Business Ready for CMMC Flow Downs?
What are some “lessons learned” from organizations that have achieved CMMC compliance?
The DoD requires that all contractors and subcontractors follow CMMC. As an early adopter committed to excellence, OSS – a Gray Analytics client – prioritized achieving CMMC compliance once the 2.0 standard was published.
For more, read our blog: Cybersecurity War Story: The OSS Team Achieves CMMC Level 2 Compliance.
For more, visit the Gray Analytics cybersecurity blog.
Additionally, the U.S. DoD has also published resources and documentation for CMMC.
November 4th, 2021, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Acquisition & Sustainment released a major overhaul of the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. October 15, 2024, the US Department of Defense (DoD) finalized a rule establishing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. That final rule went into effect on December 16, 2024.
