CMMC & Cybersecurity Blog

Practical guidance on CMMC compliance, NIST 800-171, CUI handling, and DoD cybersecurity — written by assessors who do this every day.

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Cybersecurity
Client Success – Jaco Aerospace

JSVA Client Success – Jaco Aerospace Cybersec Investments celebrates another client win with Jaco Aerospace passing a DIBCAC Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessment…

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Cybersecurity
External Service Providers and CMMC

External Service Providers and CMMC On Thursday August 3rd, 2023 the Office of Information and Regularly Affairs (OIRA) sent the CMMC world into…

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Cybersecurity
Common Acronyms

Common acronyms that contractors need to know. CMMC. DIBCAC. DFARS. Are you a contractor having a tough time keeping up with acronyms?…

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Cybersecurity
Parabilis – CMMC update: are you assessment ready?

CMMC update: are you assessment ready? Written By Theresa Moon To thine own score be true…. Cue the music from Jaws. As…

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Cybersecurity
Parabilis – So, what’s the deal with CMMC?

So, what’s the deal with CMMC? Written By Theresa Moon CMMC 2.0 is at the forefront of many businesses’ agenda as we…

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Cybersecurity
CMMC Maturity Processes & Policies and Procedures

  The Department of Defense published the “Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 Updates and Way Forward” document and outlines the CMMC…

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Cybersecurity
Sanitizing Media and CUI

A brief article on how sanitizing paper media that contains CUI can be performed to meet NIST SP 800-171 / Cybersecurity Maturity…

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Cybersecurity
Smart Watches and CUI

This is a short article on understanding on how smart watches can potentially fall in-scope for the NIST SP 800-171 / Cybersecurity…