CMMC: Friend or Foe?
Taking cover from government compliance requirements?
Many manufacturers see CMMC compliance as a burden, a costly and time-consuming obligation.
What if you had something in your arsenal that could turn it into an opportunity?
The Myth of DIY CMMC Compliance
Going in alone for CMMC compliance might seem tempting, but it can be a costly mistake.
- DIY compliance requires significant resources, expertise, and time investment, most of which manufacturers cannot afford to set aside from normal business operations.
- Outdated on-premise systems are often incapable of meeting CMMC requirements, leaving you with the heavy lifting of evaluating a new system or working around it.
- Manually managing compliance year after year is prone to errors and inefficiencies, leading to fines and federal penalties, on top of potentially losing critical business.
DIY or not, CMMC is critical and advantageous.
Let's take a moment to evaluate the pros and cons of CMMC.
Higher profits
CMMC compliance opens the doors to lucrative government contracts. You become eligible to bid on government contracts, significantly increasing your pool of potential business. We have continued to see defense budgets skyrocket, especially with the current state of the world — budget you now have access to in the form of contracts.
Better protection
CMMC Level 2 mandates the implementation of a comprehensive list of over 100 controls to cover various areas, including access control, incident response, and data protection. It also requires manufacturers to identify and prioritize addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities in their systems and networks, more so than you already do.
Trust in the industry
For manufacturers seeking to secure government contracts and build long-term partners and customers, CMMC compliance demonstrates your commitment to cybersecurity and the protection of not only your business but theirs as well.
Government agencies rely on contractors to safeguard classified data and controlled unclassified information (CUI).
What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You
Did you know you might already be losing business because of CUI?
Since 2017, all contractors handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) for the Department of Defense (DoD) must comply with the rigorous security standards outlined in NIST Special Publication 800-171.
Have you selected or hired a CMMC-lead to be responsible for processes?
When you distribute responsibility across multiple people or departments without a lead or overarching standard, processes become less efficient and more costly, leaving you to absorb more resources and costs to maintain CMMC compliance.
Do you have the right technology in place to manage all that is required from CMMC?
You have to partner with technology that is built to handle CUI, logging, access control, and the myriad of other requirements needed for NIST, ITAR, and CMMC.
What if there was a better way?
You can get the pros of CMMC without being straddled with the cons.
→ By using a government compliant Cloud ERP, the system absorbs most of the cons for you.
“If you look at ECI or my company, who is better equipped to handle the cybersecurity steps needed to protect that data?”
It's time to become compliant.
Are you ready to take the steps to tackling CMMC with the right partner?