How to Choose a CMMC Consultant Hiring a CMMC consultant is one of the first big decisions a contractor makes on the way to Level 2. A good one saves months. A bad one costs money and leaves you with documents you cannot defend. Here is how to tell them apart before...
Virtual CISO for Defense Contractors Plenty of defense contractors have an IT lead, a compliance spreadsheet, and nobody who owns security as a full job. A virtual CISO fills that seat without a full-time executive hire. Here is what one does, what the role has to do...
Going from CMMC Level 2 to ISO 27001? Mapping the Controls is Easy; Swapping Mindsets Is Hard. If your company is working toward CMMC Level 2, you may have heard some version of this advice: As long as you’re implementing NIST SP 800-171, you might as well get ISO...
Level 2 is where CMMC gets real for most contractors. It is the level tied to Controlled Unclassified Information, and it is the one that asks for proof, not promises. Here is what it requires, how it is assessed, and what to get right before someone checks. Quick...
If you’re in the DIB, you’ve been waiting (with varying degrees of patience) for a CMMC Phase II update since July 2026. We feel your pain. Earlier this month, we got something else entirely from the DoW: an 80-page memo on a class deviation implementing...
