GRC Academy Podcast April 10, 2025 S-2 / E-5 00:58:29

The FASTEST Way to CMMC Compliance – CUI Enclaves

Interview with Daniel Akridge about CMMC compliance challenges and CUI enclaves.

CMMC rolls out in a few months and there are STILL companies who are JUST getting started!

In this episode I’m joined by Daniel Akridge of Summit 7 to talk about the real challenges facing the Defense Industrial Base – and the FASTEST path to CMMC certification.

To CUI Enclave, or not to CUI enclave – that is the question!

šŸ‘‰ Here are some of the highlights:

  • What the big primes are saying about their subs and CMMC
  • The biggest CMMC hurdles for defense contractors
  • Why MOST DoD contracts could require CMMC Level 2 certification – not just self-attestation
  • Deep dive into CUI enclaves and their pros and cons

I personally like CUI enclaves because it keeps government cybersecurity regulations and incident reporting requirements out of my corporate IT environment…

However if you are a small business that primarily supports the DoD, CUI enclaves begin to make less sense – even as I try to reason otherwise!

What were your biggest takeaways? Do you LUV CUI enclaves?? Let me know in the comments!

Follow Daniel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielakridge/

Summit 7 Website: https://www.summit7.us/


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