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Why Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification
(CMMC) Matters for All Businesses, Not Just DoD
Contractors
A Vital Set of Cybersecurity Best Practices
By John Funk, Creative Consultant, SevenAtoms
A new cybersecurity mandate being rolled out by the Pentagon has implications that reach beyond the
military industrial base. Business leaders who adopt Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0
(CMMC 2.0) have an opportunity to upgrade their organization’s security posture from low-hanging fruit
to a hardened attack surface.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has been working on unifying the way military contractors and
supply chain organizations protect sensitive information linked to national security dating back to 2010.
Prior to developing the CMMC concept (and the follow-up CMMC 2.0), companies followed a variety of
security protocols. Inconsistency and failures to maintain adequate cybersecurity measures resulted in
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