The CMMC 2.0 Countdown: Will You Be Ready When the Clock Hits Zero?

[...]far too much wishful thinking is guiding decision-making. Sixty days after the rules come out, CMMC certification will be a non-negotiable requirement for manufacturers in any part of the DoD's supply chain. Part of that time was used in setting up a compliant physical environment for thei...

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Published inSMT (Online) Vol. 37; no. 8; pp. 66 - 71
Main Author Patel, Divyash
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Seaside BR Publishing, Inc 01.08.2022
Subjects
Access control
Compliance
Contractors
Decision making
Retrofitting
Small business
Software
Suppliers
Supply chains
Vending machines
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Summary:[...]far too much wishful thinking is guiding decision-making. Sixty days after the rules come out, CMMC certification will be a non-negotiable requirement for manufacturers in any part of the DoD's supply chain. Part of that time was used in setting up a compliant physical environment for their servers, which required changing both the room's location and retrofitting fire suppression and HVAC. [...]no one in this company had a complete knowledge of their full IT environment, literally everything that connected to its network, every user's every device, every bit of production equipment, every software program-even the smart refrigerator and vending machines in the breakroom.