Small businesses face a variety of challenges when it comes to CMMC compliance, because they cannot attack CMMC with the same breadth of resources that larger defense contractors have at their disposal.

Challenges include the cost of compliance and implementing the required security controls and practices to meet CMMC standards. Many companies may lack the expertise and are less likely to have a dedicated cybersecurity staff.

But the pressure to comply is very real because a small business cannot pursue new opportunities once DOD makes CMMC a requirement in its contracts.

In this episode, we’ll explore what all this means for small businesses, including diving into the resources DOD is making available as well as how the large prime contractors are working with their supply chain to bring them into compliance.

A panel of small business executives will share their experiences and we’ll hear from large primes about their expectations.

While CMMC itself is not finalized so certain processes may change, the Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessment program offers the best real-world experience for having your IT systems evaluated for their cybersecurity posture.

We’ll talk to these companies about what they learned, what they had to change and how they are moving forward to prepare for CMMC.