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Sum IT Up: CMMC News Roundup

Sum IT Up: CMMC News Roundup

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It's difficult to keep up with all of the moving parts that make up the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program. It's even more difficult to keep up with the relevant bits and bites that influence CMMC. This weekly podcast sums up the news and developments relevant to CMMC; DFARS and other regulations; and NIST standards such as SP 800-171, SP 800-53, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and others.

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  • Lessons Learned from 100 Level 2 Client Certifications
    May 14 2026

    It's milestone season in the CMMC world. Just six months into the Phased Rollout and there are 2.5x more Level 2 certifications than DoD expected. Meanwhile, a significant portion of those certs are Summit 7 clients. We now work with more than 100 Level 2 certified companies. Last but not least, Summit 7 was awarded the Army's NCODE contract to help bring secure and compliant enclaves to micro-sized defense contractors. Exciting times.

    Register for Summit 7 Live: https://www.summit7.us/s7live

    100 Level 2-Certified Clients: https://www.summit7.us/blog/100-cmmc-l2-certified-clients

    NCODE: https://www.summit7.us/blog/ncode-contract-award

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    26 mins
  • The Numbers Behind CMMC Assessment Capacity
    May 7 2026

    Everyone keeps saying there aren't enough CMMC assessors. The data tells a very different story.

    In this episode we break down actual assessment capacity using the current number of certified assessors, DoD's rollout estimates, and capacity growth rates across the ecosystem.

    How quickly is the ecosystem scaling toward future demand targets of 16,000 and even 25,000 assessments per year?

    Turns out the real bottleneck isn't assessor capacity at all.

    ...

    Register for Summit 7 Live: https://www.summit7.us/s7live

    GAO Report (2026): https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-107955

    GAO Report (2021): https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-22-104679

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    29 mins
  • April Cyber AB Town Hall Recap
    Apr 30 2026

    We are back at it again with another rundown of the Cyber AB's monthly town hall and there sure was a lot of valuable information distributed during the meeting. Join us for this episode of we discuss some of the key information dished out this month and weigh on any impact it may have on the CMMC Program.

    Things like:

    • Changes in ecosystem engagement?

    • Do we have enough steps are in the T3 process?

    • Has certification output increased? And so much more...Tune in to find out!

    Cyber AB TH Replay's: https://cyberab.org/News-Events/Town-Hall

    ISACA Website: https://www.isaca.org/

    T3 Inquiries (older than 6 months): https://dowcio.war.gov/CMMC/Contact/

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    29 mins
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