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August 15, 2024
The Department of Defense (DoD) 48 CFR proposed CMMC rule was published in the Federal Register. Comments on the proposed rule should be submitted on or before October 15, 2024.
August 7, 2024
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) concluded its review of the 48 CFR proposed CMMC rule. The 48 CFR proposed CMMC rule is the contract clause that will be added to a defense contractor’s contractual agreement (DFARS 252.204-7021). The next step is for the 48 CFR proposed rule to be published in the Federal Register and, most likely, open up a public comment period.
July 18, 2024
Federal Contractors Cyber Security Summit
Fernando was invited to be part of a cybersecurity panel for the SAME Space Coast July 2024 Meeting. The event was well attended and was a great sucess! We thank SAME Space Coast chapter for inviting us!
June 27, 2024
Update on the CMMC Program
The Department of Defense (DoD) has submitted the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for final review and publication. Here are some important timelines to consider:
- OIRA has 90-120 days to review the rule, putting the rule publication date between late September through late October.
- Once published in the Federal Register, the rule will be effective 60 days later, making the CMMC Program official
You can see the CMMC Program rule status under ‘Department of Defense’
June 27, 2024
SCATI - Cybersecurity Panel
Fernando Machado was invited to be on a panel to discuss cybersecurity for the Greater Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce with fellow cyber professionals on Florida’s Space Coast. The event was well attended!
June 25, 2024
AFCEA TechNet Cyber
Fernando Machado was invited to Baltimore to join a panel of cyber professionals on the topic of “Building Blocks for Cyber Security Maturity and Opportunities to Help Protect the USA Supply Chain.” We thank AFCEA for the invitation and the event was a great success!
June 7, 2024
Update on the CMMC Program
DoD plans to start the CMMC rollout in Q1 2025. Read the article for additional information!
May 14, 2024
NIST 800-171 Rev 3 Released
The long awaited NIST SP 800-171 revision 3 and NIST SP 800-171A revision 3 has been published!
May 8, 2024
2024 Joint NDIA/AIA Spring Industrial Security Conference
Fernando Machado was asked to speak at the NDIA/AIA event in Jacksonville, FL. The event was a great success!
May 2, 2024
Department of Defense Class Deviation Released
The United States Department of Defense released a class deviation on DFARS 252.204-7012 to require contractors to comply with NIST SP 800-171 rev. 2, which will remain in effect until rescinded instead of the NIST SP 800-171 “𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒓.”
March 13, 2024
CIC Implementation Conference
Fernando Machado was presented with the CMMC Champion Award. Thank you to all that voted, it was an honor to receive it.
March 8, 2024
Parabillis - What You Need to Know About Compliance
Parabilis featured Fernando Machado in their latest blog post. He explains the CMMC timeline and what contractors should know. To read the article, please click the link below.
February 22, 2024
CUI-CON Orlando
Thank you everyone who made CUI-CON a memorable event. Photos from the event have been posted and can be viewed by click the link below.
February 5, 2024
New Article from Brevard Business News
Thank you Brevard Business News for featuring Cybersec Investments in your recent February 5 issue titled, “Cybersec Investments helps DOD contractors gear up for CMMC compliance; founder Machado to put on conference in Orlando featuring industry experts,”
December 22, 2023
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program
The CMMC Rule has been published to the Federal Register. To view the official documents, please use the links below.
December 6, 2023
A Small Subcontractor Passes a JSVA Assessment
November 8, 2023
2nd Annual CMMC Ecosystem Summit
Cybersec Investments’ Fernando Machado was asked to be a panelist on the topic of “Understanding CUI, FCI, and ITAR” with Matt Titcombe.
November 7, 2023
Regulatory Phishing - "The When, Where, Why and How of CMMC with Fernando Machado"
Thank you to Eric Crusius from Holland & Knight the opportunity to be on your Regulatory Phishing Podcast!
“In this episode of ‘Regulatory Phishing,’ Fernando Machado joins Government Contracts and Cybersecurity attorney Eric Crusius for an episode focused on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. Mr. Machado is the Managing Principal and Chief Information Security Officer for Cybersec Investments as well as the author of CMMC Simplified. Mr. Crusius and Mr. Machado discuss the current state of the CMMC, how companies can come to terms with this new certification program and strategies for compliance. They also walk through Mr. Machado’s book and highlight some key insights into the CMMC program.”
November 3, 2023
ICS Miami
Had a great panel discussion at the ICS Miami (Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Conference) with Ross Seay, Fernando Machado, Regan Edens and Jacob Hill!
November 3, 2023
DTS Passes their JSVA!
October 12, 2023
GovCon Giants Government Contracting Summit 2023
Fernando was part of the panel, “Cybersecurity Compliance for Government Contracts.”
We thank GovCon Giants for inviting us to be part of their inaugural event!
September 20, 2023
National Cyber Summit
September 1, 2023
IVA'AL Solutions Passes their JSVA with a perfect 110!
August 4, 2023
CMMC Simplified
Fernando Machado has recently written a book on the 5 W’s of CMMC in his new book CMMC Simplified. Make sure to get your copy on Amazon!
February 23, 2023
CUI-CON
We thank everyone who attended the first CUI-CON in Melbourne Beach, FL. It was a huge success!
January 18, 2023
CIC 2023 | San Diego
Thanks to FutureFeed and CMMC Information Institute for a Fantastic event in San Diego! We were privileged to be invited and to speak at the event.
December 8, 2022
2nd Annual Cyber & IT Day For Fort Huachuca | 7th Annual Cyber Southwest Symposium
We thank NDIA Southwest Chapter and AZ Cyber Initiative for being included in this fantastic event.
October 12, 2022
Brevard Business News
Brevard Business News featured Fernando Machado and Cybersec Investments in their October addition of their newspaper.
Check out the article with the link below:
August 17, 2022
2022 Federal Contracting Conference
US Congressman Bill Posey put on a fantastic event at the Florida Solar Energy Center. We thank his office for asking Fernando Machado to speak at the event.
August 8, 2022
Space Coast Daily - Press Release
Space Coast Daily featured Cybersec Investments with announcing our Authorized C3PAO status. Make sure to click the article and read it for yourself!
August 5, 2022
Cybersec Investments is now an Authorized C3PAO
We are pleased to announce that we received our Authorization letter from the Cyber AB and now are authorized to perform voluntary CMMC Assessments. Contact us for additional information
July 28, 2022
PTAC Event CMMC 2.0: Understanding OSC and MSP Compliance
Thanks to the UCF PTAC for setting up a great CMMC event at Eastern Florida State College in Cocoa, FL. Fantastic presentation by all speakers.
July 25, 2022
Cybersec Investments - CMMC Level 2 Audit overall score of Met
We are pleased to announce that we have passed our Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center (DIDCAC) audit and achieved an overall score of met for all Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Model 2.0 level 2 practices.
We are currently awaiting “Authorized” status by the Cyber AB.
July 11, 2022
State Of Florida - Minority & Veteran Owned Small Business Certification
Cybersec Investments has been certified through the State of Florida as a Minority and Veteran Owned Small Business
June 24, 2022
Parabilis - CMMC Update: are you assessment ready?
Teresa Moon of Parabilis featured Cybersec Investments in her recent CMMC blog. Please click the link below to read more.
June 12, 2022
Generation Si! - A Small Business Owner's Go-To Guide for Advice, Education & Networking
Giovanna Drpic of Generation Si! wrote an article on Fernando Machado about his entrepreneurial journey with Cybersec Investments. Please click below to read the article.
April 22, 2022
Parabilis - So, what's the deal with CMMC?
Teresa Moon of Parabilis featured Cybersec Investments in her recent blog post on CMMC 2.0. Please click the below link to read the article for yourself.
March 27, 2022
West Orlando News - Cybersec Investments Receives President's Volunteer Service Award
We thank the West Orlando News and PTAC at UCF for featuring Fernando Machado in an article regarding his recent accomplishments as a SDVOSB business owner and being a recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award.
January 24, 2022
President's Volunteer Service Award
Fernando Machado was recognized by the CMMC Accreditation Body for being a former member of their Standards Management Committee Industry Working Group. This group had a combined 17,432 volunteer hours with working on CMMC‘s assessment criteria, scoping, and more.
January 18, 2022
Did you miss CS2 San Diego? Fernando Machado’s presentation on “Marking CUI in Your I.T. Environment” is now available to watch online.
November 19, 2021
Topic: CMMC 2.0
Presented By: Parabilis
We once again have seen amendments to CMMC, and with the rollout of version 2.0 we have a structure that is almost unrecognizable from the original proposition of compliance. Our resident expert and cyber-guru, Fernando Machado, CEO of Cybersec Investments, brings us up to speed and uncovers the changes to CMMC and what it will mean to contractors of all sizes for the immediate future and going forward. This is a MUST SEE event!
September 22, 2021
Topic: CMMC
Presented By: Parabilis
Cybersecurity is in every conversation concerning federal contracting these days. Standards are changing, and with the changes, government contractors will have to be mindful of deadlines and benchmarks over the next 3 years. For now, the DoD is leading the charge on upgrading regulatory compliance, however, several other agencies are following suit with their own updates to process and procedure regarding the handling of controlled unclassified information (CUI)
For the layperson, this can seem like a bit of a mess with the lack of consistency across agencies, and an ever-changing environment. To keep you informed, we are chatting with our industry expert on the subject, Fernando Machado, to hash out what we do know to be true, fixed deadlines, and establishing a plan for certification. CMMC isn’t going away, it’s pressing on, and we are here to help you map out your pathway in a reasonable and cost-effective way.
August 6, 2021
Topic: CMMC and NIST 800-171
Presented By: Parabilis
With deadlines on the horizon, we wanted to keep our clients and constituents “in the know” as it pertains to cybersecurity compliance. If you are a defense contractor and have a current Enhanced Joint Certification (JCP) you must post your NIST 800-171 score in the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) by August 16th or be locked out of the site. If you do not currently have a contract award with the DoD, per the DFARS 252.204-7019 clause, you will need to submit a Basic Assessment to the SPRS site to be considered for upcoming awards.
So, what does this mean for you?
If you miss this deadline, you will need to submit your SPRS score in order to regain access. Do so with caution, because if your score is deemed inaccurate or misleading, you could potentially be in violation of the False Claims Act. So, it is best to seek assistance from a cyber professional for any part of this compliance.