Navigating CMMC: Real Talk with Fernando Machado — One of the First Assessors

Transcript & Notes

Fernando Machado — one of the first authorized CMMC assessors — joins the Tech Tales podcast for an unfiltered conversation on navigating CMMC. It’s real talk on what the certification actually demands and how contractors can stay ahead.

Navigating CMMC: real talk from an early assessor

In this conversation:

• What it was like to be among the first C3PAOs
• The biggest misconceptions about CMMC
• Where contractors waste time and money
• How to build a realistic path to certification
• What the future of the program looks like