Defense Industrial Base organizations are under increasing pressure to understand what CMMC truly required and how to prepare without unnecessary disruption or rework.

RKON, RegScale, Schellman and Carahsoft hosted a practical roundtable on CMMC readiness, cutting through the noise to focus on what mattered most for organizations preparing for assessment.

During the session, attendees learned:

• CMMC fundamentals: Who needed CMMC, why it was required and what it did and did not validate
• CMMC levels: How levels were determined, who owned the decision and where scope was often misjudged
• Readiness gaps: Where documentation and day-to-day operations fell out of sync
• Technical maturity signals: C3PAO red flags that indicated readiness issues
• Readiness acceleration: How organizations avoided common pitfalls, leveraged the cloud and used GRC automation effectively
• Continuous monitoring: How to support CMMC readiness without conflicting with assessments
• Next steps: What DIB organizations should have been doing next