CMMC CHANGED. YOUR OBLIGATIONS DIDN'T.
Confused about what the July 13 CMMC suspension means for your company?
Phase II CMMC requirements were suspended. Applicable self-assessment requirements remain, and defense contractors handling CUI still have NIST SP 800-171 obligations.
Before you rely on your current scope or SPRS score, make sure it can be supported.
DIAGNOSE
LEARN
IMPLEMENT
HOW TO AVOID FAILING CMMC
CMMC - CUI in MANUFACTURING
ALWAYS GET A PROFESSIONAL DIAGNOSIS FIRST
DIAGNOSE
CMMC SUCCESS STARTS HERE
START CMMC RIGHT with an expert diagnosis.
Verify your scope and readiness.
Shrink your CMMC scope if possible.
Save time and money.
Ensure your contract eligibility.
The scope of a CMMC self-assessment is complicated and very broad. If you get your scope wrong, all your work will be for the wrong assessment. You may pass yourself but face serious consequences in a government or prime contractor audit.
Our CMMC experts will come to you for one day to learn your workflows and your systems to ensure that your CMMC scope is accurate. While there, we will brief your executive and train your team and subject matter experts on their roles in CMMC. We will also let you know if you might shrink your CMMC footprint to save time and money.
Your Quick Start investment can be applied to a larger consulting project for us to guide you (and your MSP, if applicable) towards your CMMC self-assessment.
"Semel Consulting's CMMC Quick Start
was the turning point for us."
"We learned where we were exposed and what to fix first."
Mary Binckley, CFO ArmorSource
Don't risk millions of dollars with CMMC.
Don't trust the mirror.
Don't grade your own homework.
Wrong scope. Wrong evidence. Wrong documentation. Wrong score.
We make CMMC faster with less risk.
Start with getting your CMMC scope right.
Or everything else will be wrong.
✅ 1 day. At your site. Personalized.
✅ Educates your executives, managers, and MSP without out-of-office time and travel expenses.
✅ Validates your CMMC scope so you aren't doomed to overpay or fail.
✅ Reviews your documentation and validates your current self-assessment SPRS score.
✅ Evaluates if your facility security meets CMMC standards.
✅ Delivers a clear readiness report and roadmap by a certified assessor.
✅ Led by a CMMC Certified Assessor with 25+ years of assessment experience.
✅ No long-term commitment. Just answers. Fast.
Defense contractors are facing new CMMC cybersecurity challenges that threaten their eligibility for contracts and potentially face expensive and embarrassing penalties under the federal False Claims Act.
We are CMMC Certified Assessors and can guide you through the complex, confusing, and unforgiving CMMC Level 2 assessment process. We can also help you validate that you aren't in trouble with your current self-assessment SPRS score.
However you want to do CMMC, we can help.
Quick Start Your Success with a certified CMMC expert.
Do It Yourself team training & templates for your internal resources.
Be Guided Throughout Your Journey by a certified CMMC assessor. Includes the training & Quick Start.
"As a small manufacturer, CMMC Level 2 has challenged us because it is confusing and misunderstood by defense contractors and by IT service providers.
Thankfully, we are working with Semel Consulting."
Emily McClure, GGB Industries
CMMC isn’t new — just stricter. The rules to protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) have been in defense contracts since 2017. CMMC is a new assessment process created because most contractors ignored them.
CMMC Level 2 is brutally difficult. Even for self-assessments. CMMC is based on a confusing scoring system. You’ll be judged on 320 assessment objectives — and must get a perfect score to pass.
Assessments are based on documentation — not just technology. Most IT teams and MSPs aren’t ready for that.
You’ll need hundreds of pages of mapped and verified documentation. Policies, procedures, and evidence must all line up — or you will fail.
Level 1 matters, too. Even if you don’t handle CUI, you’re still responsible for protecting Federal Contract Information (FCI) with 15 basic cybersecurity practices and 59 assessment objectives. Do it right and you may reduce your CMMC costs.
Only CMMC Certified Assessors are trained and certified to evaluate compliance. Everyone else is watching— including Registered Practitioners and Certified Professionals.
We help you get it right the first time. From your executive orientation to a full readiness review, we’ll guide you every step of the way — and stay with you through the assessment.
Time is not on your side. Every day you wait increases your risk of failing the assessment — and losing your shot at defense contracts.
If you work with an MSP, we will include them in your Quick Start and guidance because they will be part of your assessment.
The Internet is full of CMMC misinformation. Using AI just makes finding it faster. We are certified CMMC professionals with formal CMMC training who provide accurate guidance.
Every day you wait increases your chances being ineligible for contracts.
"When it comes to compliance there is nobody else in the industry
who knows more and is a better resource than Mike Semel. You can count on him."
Michael Mittel, Founder, RapidFire Tools
Your MSP is great but they aren't a compliance shield.
We work with defense contractors and their MSPs every day.
Contractors and MSPs must collaborate closely to
map security operations into robust, legally defensible evidence packages.
Self-assessments do not mean satisfying your beliefs.
Your assessment must be able to withstand the scrutiny of a federal DIBCAC audit team,
including the right assessment scope
and creating the documentation prescribed in the assessment guide.
We bring a certified assessor’s viewpoint to your decisions.
Plan for a government audit of your self-assessment.
Self-assessments require the same levels of detail and evidence as paid assessments.
The big difference is that an independent assessor takes on a lot of the liability in a paid assessment because they are formally trained in CMMC and have passed certification tests.
Now the burden and liability are on defense contractors and their MSPs.
You need to ensure that your policies, procedures, and evidence will stand up to a federal audit.
Penalties are severe is you misrepresent your cybersecurity,
even if you thought you knew how to assess your compliance
Doing your CMMC self-assessment right
requires three steps.
DIAGNOSE, LEARN & IMPLEMENT
We can accelerate your success.
DIAGNOSE
CMMC Quick Start
You asked. We listened. And came up with a solution to help you start CMMC Level 2 right.
And fast.
The right medical treatment plan always starts with the right diagnosis. So does CMMC.
Your owner or top executive must legally attest to CMMC compliance — under penalty of the False Claims Act.
CMMC is here — and most defense contractors aren’t ready.
CMMC Level 2 self-assessments require a perfect score on 320 items. Fail, and you start over — while you’re ineligible for contracts. Miss your scope or think your practices are 'good enough' and you can face severe False Claims Act penalties.
Prime contractors are already demanding certification from their subs.
Most IT teams and MSPs are lost. Even non-IT managers have compliance responsibilities.
Get the scope wrong, and you’ll fail. CMMC scoping rules are strict — and misunderstood.
You need documentation you probably don’t have. Policies. Procedures. Evidence. Mapped to 320 assessment objectives.
Posted a high SPRS score? The government is penalizing contractors who can’t back it up.
That’s why we created the CMMC Executive Quick Start.
✅ 1 day. At your site. Personalized.
✅ Educates your executives, managers, and MSP without out-of-office time and travel expenses.
✅ Validates your CMMC scope so you aren't doomed to fail.
✅ Reviews your documentation and validates your current self-assessment SPRS score.
✅ Evaluates if your facility security meets CMMC standards.
✅ Delivers a clear readiness report and roadmap by a certified assessor.
✅ Led by a CMMC Certified Assessor with 25+ years of assessment experience.
✅ No long-term commitment. Just answers. Fast.
LEARN
CMMC Level 2 Self-Assessment Tookit
SELF-PACED TRAINING & RESOURCE SYSTEM
Expert guidance from a CMMC Certified Assessor.
Share with your entire team: Executives, Managers, IT
CMMC Expert Training Videos, Done-For-You Templates, Reference Library to share with your entire team
Our CMMC Level 2 Self-Assessment Toolkit includes expert self-paced training videos by a CMMC Certified Assessor, done-for-you templates to speed your progress, and all the CMMC reference materials your team needs - all in one place.
IMPLEMENT
CMMC Level 2 Self-Assessment
Preparation Guidance
INCLUDES CMMC QUICK START & SELF-PACED TRAINING
Our CMMC certified experts will guide you and be alongside you as you prepare.
CMMC is here and most defense contractors aren't prepared.
Assessments require a perfect score for 320 items to pass. Failure means starting again and being ineligible for defense contracts in the meantime. Passing yourself without documented proof is a recipe for disaster.
Prime contractors are demanding that the subs get certified now.
Many IT departments and Managed Service Providers (MSP) aren't sure what to do. There are also requirements for non-IT managers.
Our CMMC Certified Assessor can guide your team - step-by-step - through the preparation for your assessment to give you the confidence you need to succeed.
Contact us now. Every day you wait is another day of preventable risks.
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We take the Risky Guesswork out of CMMC.
HOPE
is not a business strategy.
You have lots of choices when it comes to implementing CMMC.
Do it Yourself and HOPE you succeed.
Engage with a CMMC Registered Practitioner that has minimum self-paced CMMC training and HOPE you succeed.
Don't HOPE. Get expert advice and guidance from a CMMC Certified Assessor (CCA) with over 20 year's experience passing assessments.
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