Revolutionary Security Blog 5 Steps to Get Your Organization CMMC Certified

What is the Department of Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification? Debuted in 2015, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) required certain contractors to meet the requirements of the NIST SP 800-171 cybersecurity framework by the end of 2017. This mandate was meant to provide a structure to protect the U.S. defense supply chain. Some DoD contractors attempted to become compliant through internal means, while others contracted Managed Security Service Providers. Compliance was not fully enforced, which created inconsistencies and slow adoption among contractors. In responses to these inconsistencies, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) was born.