Order-to-Cash: The Not-So-Sexy Process That Can Make or Break Your Business Order-to-Cash (O2C) is probably not the most exciting topic you’ll read about today. It’s the nitty-gritty, behind-the-scenes process that takes a customer order and turns it into cold, hard cash. It’s not glamorous, but it’s the engine that drives your business. And in the […]
SMB Cybersecurity, CMMC Compliance
Compliance Culture: It’s Not Just for HR Anymore Let’s talk about “culture.” It’s a word that gets thrown around a lot in the corporate world, usually in the context of free snacks and casual Fridays. But when it comes to CMMC, culture is about a lot more than just perks. It’s about creating an environment […]
SMB Cybersecurity, CMMC Compliance
CUI: The Hot Potato of Government Data Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is the lifeblood of the Defense Industrial Base. It’s the sensitive data that keeps our country safe, and it’s also a massive compliance headache. One of the biggest questions that comes up is: who is actually responsible for this stuff? Is it the government […]
SMB Cybersecurity, CMMC Compliance
The CMMC Express is Leaving the Station. Are You On It? Remember that feeling you get when you’re standing on the platform and you see your train pulling away without you? That’s the feeling a lot of defense contractors are going to have in the very near future if they don’t get serious about CMMC. […]
SMB Cybersecurity, CMMC Compliance
CMMC Policies: The Boring-But-Critical Docs You Can’t Ignore Let’s be honest, nobody gets excited about writing policy documentation. It’s the corporate equivalent of eating your vegetables. You know it’s good for you, but you’d much rather be doing literally anything else. But when it comes to CMMC 2.0, your policy documents are more than just […]
SMB Cybersecurity, CMMC Compliance
DFARS Flow-Down: The Compliance Headache You Can’t Ignore Remember that game of telephone you played as a kid? You’d whisper a message to the person next to you, and by the time it got to the end of the line, it was completely garbled. That’s basically what’s happening in your supply chain if you’re still […]
SMB Cybersecurity, CMMC Compliance
DFARS Flow-Down: The Compliance Headache You Can’t Ignore So, you’re a defense contractor. You’ve spent countless hours (and probably a small fortune) getting your own house in order to meet DFARS 252.204-7012 requirements. You’ve implemented NIST SP 800-171 controls, you know who to call if you have a cyber incident (within 72 hours, of course), […]
CMMC Compliance, SMB Cybersecurity