CMMC Consulting

CMMC Consulting to Secure and Grow Your Government Contracting Opportunities

Your Trusted Partner for CMMC Compliance and Government Growth

Achieving CMMC compliance can be challenging, but with BYM Partners’s expert guidance, the process becomes seamless. As a trusted advisory firm with extensive experience in cybersecurity and defense contracting, we simplify the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) journey.

Our comprehensive CMMC consulting services include gap analysis, full implementation, and ongoing support to ensure compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) standards. With our expert consultants by your side, you’ll not only meet regulatory requirements but also unlock new government contracting opportunities with confidence.

How It Works

Stage 1: CMMC Architecture & Business Process Mapping

Service Offering: Assess business processes and data flows, defining the scope of CMMC compliance requirements.

Key Benefits: Sets the foundation for compliance while aligning processes for current and future government work.

Service Offering: Conduct a thorough analysis against the 800-171 baseline (Level 2) or Level 1 requirements, identifying gaps and potential vulnerabilities.

Key Benefits: Provides a clear roadmap to secure contracts and strengthen your position in government sectors.

Service Offering: Implement required controls with security architecture and engineering support.

Key Benefits: Ensures full compliance to keep your business competitive and eligible for contracts.

Service Offering: Ongoing virtual CISO services for continuous compliance.

Key Benefits: Maintains audit-readiness, reduces risk, and supports future government projects.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does CMMC compliance mean?

The DoD works with a network of tens of thousands of private companies that collectively make up the defense industrial base (DIB). These companies handle sensitive government information, and if that data falls into the wrong hands, it could threaten national security. To mitigate this risk, CMMC was developed to ensure all DoD contractors follow cybersecurity best practices based on the level of risk their work involves.

CMMC was specifically designed to protect two types of sensitive information:

  • Federal Contract Information (FCI): This includes communications related to government contracts, such as contract details, RFPs, and other collaborative documents.
  • Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI): This includes sensitive but unclassified government information, such as technical schematics, research data, and procedural documents. While not technically classified as “secret” or “top-secret,” CUI still presents a national security risk if exposed.

By enforcing cybersecurity maturity across the DIB, CMMC ensures that companies working with the U.S. military take cybersecurity seriously.

CMMC compliance is required for all defense contractors and subcontractors in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) who work with the Department of Defense (DoD). This includes organizations that handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) or Federal Contract Information (FCI). Achieving CMMC compliance ensures these organizations meet the necessary cybersecurity and data protection standards outlined by the DoD to safeguard sensitive information and maintain eligibility for defense contracts.

A CMMC consultant is an expert who specializes in guiding organizations through the process of achieving CMMC compliance. They provide services such as readiness assessments, gap analysis, and remediation planning to ensure that contractors meet the required security framework standards and are prepared for an official CMMC audit. 

No, while the two are related, NIST 800-171 and CMMC are not the same. NIST 800-171 is a voluntary framework outline cybersecurity best practices for protecting CUI. CMMC uses NIST 800-171 as a baseline, building the best practices and additional requirements into a tiered maturity model. CMMC also requires third-party assessments by a Certified Third-Party Assessor Organization (C3PAO) to ensure compliance.

The CMMC framework establishes three levels of compliance, each incorporating security requirements from existing regulations and guidelines:

  • Level 1 requires organizations to complete an annual self-assessment and an annual affirmation of compliance with the 15 security requirements outlined in FAR clause 52.204-21.
  • Level 2 requires an annual affirmation and verification of compliance with the 110 security requirements in NIST SP 800-171. Organizations at this level must also undergo a self-assessment or external assessment by a CMMC Third-Party Assessor Organization (C3PAO) every three years, depending on what the DoD requires in their contract.
  • Level 3 requires organizations to undergo an assessment every three years by the Defense Contract Management Agency’s Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center (DIBCAC). Organizations at this level must also provide an annual affirmation verifying compliance with the 24 identified requirements from NIST SP 800-172, which expand on the requirements outlined in NIST SP 800-171.

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