On October 15, 2024, the Federal Register was updated with the CMMC Final Rule (32CFR). This rule will be fully effective on December 15, 2024. Link to Federal Register for CMMC This link goes to the U.S. Government’s Federal Register Read More
Tag: 800-171
How to get a CMMC Audit or Assessment
You’re in the right place if the US Government or your prime contractor told you that you need to get a CMMC certification. What is CMMC? CMMC is an initialization for the term “Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification”. This term was Read More
CMMC JSVA program – what you need to know
Some tidbits about CMMC’s Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessment (JSVA) program that you might not know: JSVA program is intended to train C3PAOs and CMMC Assessors 1) The DoD is essentially using the JSVA program to train and vet our private Read More
How to submit a NIST SP 800-171 self assessment to SPRS
Answers to common questions about how to submit your NIST SP 800-171 self assessment to SPRS. Register an account, how to handle multiple…
How the secret sauce is made – one practice, one hour
How does a defense contractor create a plan to perform each requirement in CMMC and NIST SP 800-171? Will you fail if you don’t write policy statements which regurgitate each requirement in a ‘shall” form? AKA “???????????? ???????? ??? ??? Read More
CMMC Breaking News – July 25, 2023
Today we had two big events in #CMMC and US Federal Contractor Cybersecurity. The Rule for CMMC moved to the Office of Management and Budget. That means a timer has started, 90 days or less, for the review to complete. Expect the Read More
3.13.11 FIPS 140-2 Validated Cryptography
It is time, finally, to talk about the #1 “Other than Satisfied” requirement in 800-171, per historic DIBCAC assessments. ? ? ? ???? 140-2 ????????? ??????? ? ? ? Listen up – I’m going to tell you how to succeed Read More
3.5.3 Multifactor Authentication
Multifactor Authentication: #2 of the top 10 “Other than Satisfied Requirements” for 800-171 assessments by DIBCAC. ??? ??????????? ?????????????? ??? ????? ??? ??????? ?????? ?? ?????????? ???????? ??? ??? ??????? ?????? ?? ???-?????????? ????????. My theory is that most of Read More
What are Spot Checks for?
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3.14.1 Identify, report, correct system flaws
Continuing the Top 10 “Other than Satisfied Requirements” for 800-171 assessments by DIBCAC. “????????, ??????, ??? ??????? ??????????? ??? ??????????? ?????? ????? ?? ? ?????? ??????.” This is the third most “Other than Satisfied” requirement. 3.14.1 is both misunderstood and Read More
3.11.1 Periodically assess the risk to organizational operations
3.11.1 ???????????? ?????? ????…This is the fourth-most “Other than satisfied” #CMMC requirement. Periodically assess the risk to organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organizational assets, and individuals, resulting from the operation of organizational systems and the associated processing, storage, or Read More
3.11.2 Scan for Vulnerabilities
Scan for vulnerabilities….This the fifth-most “Other than satisfied” #CMMC requirement with an 18% fail rate. 3.11.2 ???? ??? ??????????????? ?? ?????????????? ??????? ??? ???????????? ???????????? ??? ???? ??? ??????????????? ????????? ????? ??????? ??? ???????????? ??? ??????????. “?????????????? ???????”…This is an example of Read More
3.3.3 Review and Update Logged Events
This is #6 in the series of most common failed requirements as assessed by the DoD’s Cyber Assessment Center. This requirement is another example of misunderstanding == failing (alongside the other top 10 requirements). Most people do not understand what Read More
3.3.4 Audit Logging Process Failure
Continuing the Top 10 Failed Requirements for 800-171! Onward to #7: 3.3.4 “????? ?? ??? ????? ?? ?? ????? ??????? ??????? ???????.” Sit with me while I tell a story… ?? ???????????? ????????? ???? ???? ???? ???????? ??????? ?????????? ??????? Read More
3.3.5 Correlate Audit Processes
NIST SP 800-171 3.3.5 ????????? ????? ?????? ??????, ????????, ??? ????????? ????????? ??? ????????????? ??? ???????? ?? ??????????? ?? ????????, ????????????, ??????????, ?? ??????? ????????. This is the 8th most likely requirement to be “other than satisfied” by defense contractors, according Read More
3.6.3 Test the Organizational Incident Response Capability
This was originally posted on LinkedIn. Check the original post and community discussion here! On to the next requirement! 3.6.3 ???? ??? ?????????????? ???????? ???????? ??????????. This is post #5 in my series analyzing the top ten failed / misunderstood Read More
3.4.1 Establish / Maintain Baseline Configurations
This series reviews the top failed (misunderstood) 800-171 and CMMC requirements. Originally posted on LinkedIn – check the start of series here for community conversation and thoughts! 3.4.1 ?????????/???????? ???????? ?????????????? This one is both commonly misunderstood and difficult to implement, even though Read More
Excuses that won’t work for your CMMC assessment
Public Safety Announcement for #CMMC and DIBCAC assessments of 800-171 compliance. “My _________ is scheduled to occur in January and we haven’t reached January yet.” – said too many Organizations Seeking Certification Do not try to use this excuse to explain why Read More
Top 10 “Other than satisfied” 800-171 requirements
At Cloud Security and Compliance Series – CS2 Huntsville, Nick Delrosso’s presentation included the “Top 10 Other Than Satisfied Requirements”. Nick Delrosso represents the DCMA’s Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center (DIBCAC) which has been performing cybersecurity assessments on contractors for the Read More
When is a FIPS Validated Module required?
This video from Amira Armond and Jillian Wright (both Kieri Solutions Provisional Assessors and Instructors), explains when FIPS 140-2 validated modules are required to be used by CMMC Level 2 / NIST SP 800-171. It also explains when FIPS is Read More
Lessons learned from two (three?) DIBCAC assessments
On behalf of CMMCAudit.org, I’m excited to share this interview with Jake Williams about his lessons learned from two DIBCAC assessments of DFARS 252.204-7012 and NIST SP 800-171 compliance. This video is packed with actionable information about what to expect during assessments. Read More
Defining authorized – a key concept in CMMC
The term authorized is used across 40 different assessment objectives in the CMMC. Do you know what it means? How do you show it?
Conversations from LinkedIn
This page is an index of LinkedIn discussions and posts about CMMC and 800-171. It will be updated over time with new topics.
CMMC RM.2.142 Scan for vulnerabilities in organizational systems
This article is an in-depth review of the CMMC Level 2 Requirement RM.2.142 on the topic of vulnerability scanning. I break out frequently asked questions and reference other requirements that are related to vulnerability scanning. This requirement also applies to current DFARS 252.204-7012 and NIST SP 800-171 organizations that hold CUI
DFARS 252.204-7012 or 252.204-7021 enforces NIST 800-171 and CMMC
If you are a Defense Contractor that handles Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), this news is going to be very important for you. DFARS 252.204-7012 Interim Rule Yesterday, the DoD released an interim rule to the Defense Federal Acquisition Rules Supplement Read More
Remote Management & Access Tools for 800-171 and CMMC
A question came up today from a client that has a large remote workforce. “How can my help desk manage end user devices while staying compliant with 800-171 and CMMC?” For example, can we use remote access tools like LogMeIn Read More