CMMC Executive Jump-Start

Expert Orientation & Readiness Service

CMMC can't wait any longer. You need to accelerate your readiness now.

As an owner/executive it's your signature that will legally attest to your compliance.

Under penalty of the federal False Claims Act.

We expect to see CMMC in contracts in late 2025.

Prime contractors aren't waiting - they are already telling their subcontractors

to get their CMMC Level 2 certification assessment scheduled- NOW.

Your defense contracts depend on it.

A CMMC Level 2 assessment costs $ 20K - $ 100K

and assessors have long waiting lists.

You must have a perfect score for 320 items to pass.

If you fail you will be ineligible for defense contracts.

Even if you are allowed to self-assess during the ramp-up period.

And you have serious risks now even before CMMC.

The fastest way to get CMMC right is to jump-start your success with a

1-day Expert On-site

Executive & Management Compliance Guidance & Readiness Assessment

by a Certified CMMC Assessor

CMMC assessments are expensive and unforgiving.

Failing means no defense contracts. Current contracts may be cancelled.

Have you been complacent about CMMC?

Were you hoping CMMC wouldn't happen?

Have you had false starts?

Did your IT team or MSP just realize how hard CMMC is to do it right

at a level that will pass the scrutiny of an assessment team?

Do you mistakenly think that because you passed ISO or another certification that you are good with CMMC?

Did your prime contractor just give you an aggressive assessment deadline?

Or are you worried that you are the one that will legally attest and face the False Claims Act if what you are being told isn't accurate?

Here's a quick and 'no-long-term-obligation' way to plan/validate your CMMC strategy.

Even before CMMC you have False Claims Act risks.

If you’ve won a defense contract, you likely already have cybersecurity requirements going back to 2017. The False Claims Act allows the government to claw back 3 times what you’ve already been paid—plus legal penalties—if you can’t prove compliance. A small defense contractor recently paid back $ 4.6 million for not meeting the current cybersecurity requirements.

And CMMC is coming next. The only way to continue bidding and performing on defense contracts will be to pass an expensive assessment—with a perfect score.

You are too busy to travel to learn CMMC but the risks are too high to delegate and hope things work out.

In just one day, at your site, a CMMC Certified Assessor will show your leadership and managers how to lower your risks and increase your ability to pass your certification the first time. You will get actionable guidance from an independent CMMC expert qualified to perform assessments.

Our CMMC Orientation & Readiness Service Protects You From:

Making a false attestation with your self-assessment score and risking legal sanctions before CMMC is in contracts
Failing your CMMC assessment after spending $20K–$100K
Becoming ineligible for defense contracts
Relying on MSPs or IT teams who know cybersecurity but aren’t trained in compliance assessments
Wasting time and money preparing the wrong systems or documents by getting your CMMC scope wrong
Making the wrong long-term commitment without properly defining your strategy

What's Included:

Executive Briefing: Your senior executive will need to legally attest to your CMMC compliance. Know your legal risks, what assessors will look for, and why executives—not just IT—must lead.
CMMC Masterclass for Managers (and MSP): Explanations of the CMMC assessment requirements/process
Scope & System Review: Identify where your Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) lives, what systems are in scope, and whether your IT/MSP team is delivering compliant services that will stand up to the scrutiny of an assessor.
SPRS Self-Assessment Score Review: We will determine if evidence supports the SPRS score you posted.
10-Point Readiness Snapshot: Get an confidential independent assessment of your gaps in documentation, policy, controls, and evidence.
Culture & Capability Fit Check: Find out if your team can meet the continuous compliance demands of CMMC certification.
Actionable Roadmap: Receive a structured, no-nonsense report with next steps, timelines, and improvement options.

Who You Listen to About CMMC Matters, and How to Verify Certifications

There are a lot of people claiming to be CMMC experts. Most aren't certified.

You should be wary of anything they tell you considering your assessment will cost over $ 20K and you will need a perfect score for 320 objectives to pass. Failing means you get to start over and will be ineligible for contracts.

Beware of salespeople who learned enough CMMC jargon to convince unsuspecting prospects to buy from them.

Beware of CMMC Registered Practitioners (RP) who work for CMMC Registered Practitioner Organizations (RPO). RPs take about six hours of self-paced CMMC training and pass a quiz.

"I started as a CMMC Registered Practitioner (RP) and was told that I was trained well enough to help a business prepare to pass its CMMC Level 2 certification assessment. That was wrong. I didn't know how wrong it was until I earned my CMMC Certified Assessor (CCA) badge." Mike Semel, CMMC Certified Assessor

Earning CCA requires:

A week of training to earn CMMC Certified Professional (CCP)
Another week of training focused on the CMMC assessment process
Passing two 3.5 hour closed book exams
Proving years of assessment experience
Having a separate cybersecurity certification, and
Passing a Department of Defense Tier 3 background check.

Don't trust anyone without CCP or CCA.

Here is how you can validate CMMC credentials.

Go to https://cyberab.org/marketplace.
Enter the person's last name, then click Search
Try it now. Search for 'Semel'.

Why Our Approach Works

Led by Mike Semel, a CMMC Certified Assessor (CCA) — not just a Registered Practitioner with minimal training
Backed by 25+ years of compliance and cybersecurity assessment experience
Just the essential guidance tailored to executives and managers, not just IT teams
Fact-based, unbiased, and aligned with real assessment expectations