CMMC 2.0 Maturity Levels and NIST 800-171 

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The original CMMC (version 1.0) was based on several cybersecurity guidelines, most prominently NIST 800-171. With the announcement of CMMC version 2.0 in early November 2021, however, the alignment between the frameworks and the NIST document has changed a bit. Fortunately, this change seems to be for the better, or at least more intuitive, for assessors and contractors. 

Here, we’ll discuss how the new CMMC 2.0 assessment levels align with NIST 800-171 and how this can help contractors more readily meet their security obligations once the new framework goes into effect. 

 

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Continuum GRC ITAM Achieves FedRAMP Authorization

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Scottsdale, Arizona, November 15, 2021 (Continuumgrc.com) – Continuum GRC, Inc. has been granted its FedRAMP Authorization by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) program.

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“I’d like to personally thank the SBA’s Branch Chief for Security Policy & Compliance and Office of the Chief Information Officer, and those members of the FedRAMP PMO who supported our interesting use case. It has been our mission to help the small business community that is America's economic engine, and we are looking forward to doing great things together.” said Michael Peters, CEO of Continuum GRC.

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The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) partnered with Continuum GRC for FedRAMP Authorization following an extensive period of evaluation of our tool. Their interest was how the tool scaled GRC capabilities to not only the SBA’s internal requirements, but also to the multitude of America’s small businesses they supported.

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