One Man’s Mission to Educate SMBs on the CMMC

CMMC: First Steps for Any Organization Seeking Certification

Guest OpEd by James Norris, HumanTouch LLC

Cyber Risk Maturity, the process of managing cyber threats better every day, is not as hard to implement as it sounds.

In my experience as a Registered Practitioner (RP) working with a Registered Provider Organization (RPO), Maturity requires a good amount of trial and error followed by implementation and adaptation.

Think about when you watch someone grab the wrong part of the hot coffee pot – you conclude that is not a process you want to emulate, and when you pour your cup of coffee, you don’t get burned.

Any registered practitioner knows what not to do when building a network infrastructure and securing it, but it can be harder to figure out the right steps to take when there are so many moving variables and options on the marketplace. 

For the same reason you wouldn’t get your medical examinations from your dry-cleaner, you should find certified professionals to lead you to…