CMMC compliance, NIST 800-171, SPRS scoring, and cybersecurity for Arizona defense contractors.
The person most likely to put your CUI somewhere it does not belong already has a badge, a login, and a parking spot. That is not a dramatic claim. It is just what “insider” means. If you run a machine shop in Mesa or an engineering firm in Chandler, you have probably read enough CMMC…
The difference between CMMC Level 1 and Level 2, updated for self assessment, and how to work out which one your contracts actually require.
Third party CMMC assessment is suspended through November 2028. What that means if you were planning to hire a C3PAO, and what to do with the budget instead.
The September 3 class deviation turned the CMMC suspension into regulation through November 2028. Here is what changed, what did not, and what to do next.
What a system security plan has to contain, why most are too long to be useful, and how to write one that survives contact with your actual business.
A practical sequence for raising an SPRS score, starting with the five point controls, and what to do about the ones you cannot fix quickly.
How the SPRS score is calculated, what a negative score actually indicates, and why self attestation made an inaccurate number more dangerous, not less.
A plain reading of what a prime contractor’s CMMC clause requires from an Arizona subcontractor in late 2026, after the Phase 2 suspension.
