How Can My Company Become CMMC Compliant?

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What is CMMC?

CMMC stands for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.  CMMC is a program that the Department of Defense is implementing to ensure the confidentiality of sensitive information. It's an overall organizational process that involves administrative controls, HR processes, budgeting, and various elements of business planning and management. This includes building and maintaining an information security program, but also undergoing 3rd party audits to ensure compliance.

Can Simplex-IT make your organization CMMC compliant?

Short answer, no. CMMC requires buy-in from leadership and management, collaboration from all business leaders, and adoption from the overall staff. This means that it's not something that an IT Department or a managed service provider can accomplish all on their own.

What can Simplex-IT do?

Simplex-IT as an IT provider is familiar with the CMMC requirements. We can assist in the architecture and implementation of the technical items, which is where our focus is. However, we cannot drive adoption within an organization, nor can we perform 3rd party audits. We can however recommend partnerships between organizations who can assist with those items and have experience working with Managed Service Providers.

In conclusion, achieving CMMC compliance is a team effort that requires collaboration from all business leaders and adoption from the overall staff. While Simplex-IT can assist with the technical items, it cannot make your organization CMMC compliant on its own. If you have questions, please give us a call at 234-380-1277.

Learn more about CMMC here:
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2023/3/3/what-business-leaders-need-to-know-about-cmmc