The CMMC Everything I Need to Know to Get Started Guide

Do you work for a United States Government contractor, especially a Department of Defense ("DoD") contractor? If so, you've probably (hopefully!) heard about DoD's new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification ("CMMC") program.

And, like most contractors, you're probably also confused about what CMMC is, how it works, how it will apply to you, and, ultimately, how to get started. If so, or even if you just want to make sure you're on the right track, the "CMMC Everything I Need to Know to Get Started Guide" (we call it the "Everything Guide" for short) is THE resource you need. Written by a CMMC instructor and assessor who also wrote the first official CMMC training course and helped create the Cyber AB, the Everything Guide is the perfect reference to help you start your CMMC journey.

Whether you are a business owner, compliance professional, attorney, or an IT or cyber professional the Everything Guide will help you better understand CMMC and Controlled Unclassified Information ("CUI"), and it will give you the foundation for building a solid CMMC compliance program.

The Everything Guide is a great resource to keep at your fingertips. Be sure to order your copy of the Everything Guide today!

If you prefer an electronic copy, you can always view that at https://FutureFeed.co.

Mark Berman is the CEO and Founder of FutureFeed, a modern compliance platform focused on NIST and other compliance standards. The product is part of the Continuous Compliance family where Mark builds products and services that translate from the server room to the board room. Design thinking, innovation, and noise-free decision-making, are principles driving impact in each organization where Mark has been able to have influence.

Mark served as a founding director of the CMMC Accreditation Body (CyberAB).

When not focused on FutureFeed and challenges facing the DoD supply chain, Mark supports the Baltimore community in which he lives and supports education initiatives when and where possible. Recently, appointed to chair the board at the nationally acclaimed Greenspring Montessori School. As in his business ventures, Mark strives to inject innovation in education in way to ignite creativity in every child.

Mark graduated from the College of William and Mary with a degree in Computer Science where he completed graduate work at NASA's Langley Research Center. He later completed an MBA at Loyola College of Maryland.

Mark lives with his wife Tania and dog Millie in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore, MD. They proudly cherish Tania's daughter, Sasha, who lives and works as a reporter in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Jim is the General Counsel and Director of Education at Continuous Compliance LLC, the provider of the FutureFeed compliance acceleration platform. Jim brings a broad range of legal, technical, and business expertise to the Continuous Compliance team. He is a Founding Director and former Board Treasurer of the CMMC Accreditation Body (now called the CyberAB), and earned his CMMC Provisional Instructor ("PI"), Certified CMMC Professional ("CCP"), and Certified CMMC Assessor ("CCA") certifications from the CyberAB.

Jim also authored and taught the first official CMMC course, the CyberAB's initial Registered Practitioner course. Jim earned a BSECE from Drexel University and JD and LLM degrees from George Mason University. He spent most of his professional career working in the cybersecurity field. Jim has worked for and counseled a variety of organizations, from various portions of the United States government, including the U.S. House of Representatives and United States Coastguard; to government contractors, including Unisys Corporation and The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; to start-up technology and consulting companies.  Jim regularly speaks at domestic and international cybersecurity conferences and has been called upon as an expert witness on cybersecurity, IT, and government contracts issues.

He is the author of CUI Fundamentals and CUI Informed, books about the government's Controlled Unclassified Information ("CUI") program. Jim is also the co-author of a CCP curriculum taught nationally by several training providers. Jim's research into the application of Enterprise Risk Management techniques to the field of cyber and privacy governance has been published by the Supreme Court of Singapore in their National Law Journal and in two different books published by LexisNexis. Jim is also a co-founder of the CMMC Information Institute, a non-profit organization helping small businesses to better understand and meet their cybersecurity and data privacy obligations.

Rachel Leidy, Director of Compliance Education, brings 15+ years of cybersecurity experience in cyber frameworks. A Navy veteran and CISSP, CCA, CCP, she leads efforts to enhance compliance tools and training, empowering organizations to sustain compliance and strengthen security.