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CMMC ByteSize: Working with an Expert Partner to Get CMMC Ready


Achieving CMMC certification on a tight timeline can be challenging, but partnering with a Registered Provider Organization (RPO) with extensive experience helping clients in the DIB will make it easier.

A Managed Service Provider (MSP) that has registered as an RPO can help you:

  • Formulate a cybersecurity and CMMC strategy.
  • Provide you with an educated, unbiased assessment of your current cybersecurity posture, and support you in improving it.
  • Complete your asset inventory, SSP and POA&M.
  • Navigate technology requirements and find solutions that are both cost-effective and FedRAMP-compliant.
  • Streamline the process of planning and preparing for assessments, and be by your side throughout the audit process.
  • Assist you in maintaining ongoing compliance and monitoring over the long term.

In addition, you can benefit from economies of scale when working with an MSP:

  • Cost-advantaged licensing (because MSPs procure software for many clients, at scale).
  • A less-expensive alternative to hiring security and compliance staff.
  • 24x7x365 support and security monitoring of your technology environment for far less than it would cost to build an in-house security operations center (SOC).

Already working with an MSP?

To serve DoD contractors, MSPs will need to get CMMC certified to the same level as their clients.

Why it matters: DoD contractors that partner with MSPs that do not become CMMC certified will need to find alternative MSPs to become CMMC compliant themselves.

What this means for you: If you have an existing MSP, you should speak with them to find out if they will be able to help you with your CMMC journey.

Some questions to ask your MSP:

  1. Will your organization itself undergo CMMC certification?
  2. Are you able to provide continuous, ongoing monitoring of our IT systems in a fully-staffed security operations center (SOC)?
  3. Are you a Cyber AB Registered Provider Organization (RPO)?
  4. How many other organizations in the DIB have you worked with?
  5. How many compliance assessments have your clients completed?
  6. Can you demonstrate your proficiency in understanding NIST SP 800-171A and CMMC 2.0?
  7. What size of contractor business do you usually work with?

Looking for a CMMC partner?

Arrange a complimentary consultation with one of our experts to discuss your organization’s current CMMC readiness and the steps it will take to prepare.

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