Inside a CMMC Assessment

Transcript & Notes

C3 Integrated Solutions’ Bill Wootton sits down with Fernando Machado, Managing Principal and CISO at Cybersec Investments, to walk through what actually happens during a CMMC assessment — from the first document review to the final certification decision. It’s a candid, assessor’s-eye view of where companies succeed and where they stumble.

Inside a CMMC assessment, phase by phase

In this conversation:

• The four phases: pre-assessment, execution, reporting, and certification
• What assessors review in your System Security Plan (SSP)
• How evidence is validated against NIST SP 800-171
• The most common reasons companies lose points
• How conditional status and remediation plans work
• How to prepare so assessment day goes smoothly