CMMC Compliance Timeline for DoD Contractors (2025–2028)

Last updated June 5, 2026 Here is your definitive CMMC timeline — highlighting the major rule-making, contract clause dates and rollout phases that contractors must track for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. On October 15th 2024, the DoD established a final ruling that began to put CMMC requirements into contracts and renewals as […]

Is CMMC mandatory for small businesses? The short answer is yes. Discover why small contractors are primary targets for cyberattacks and how to stay eligible for DoD contracts.

Is CMMC mandatory for small businesses? The short answer is yes. Discover why small contractors are primary targets for cyberattacks and how to stay eligible for DoD contracts.

Is CMMC mandatory for small businesses? The short answer is yes. Discover why small contractors are primary targets for cyberattacks and how to stay eligible for DoD contracts.

As the DoD implements CMMC 2.0, 2026 is set to be a pivotal year for defense contractors. With the final rule in place and a phased rollout underway, discover what to expect for FCI and CUI compliance and how to maintain your contract eligibility.

Navigating the complexities of CMMC 2.0 compliance can be overwhelming and even confusing. At CTI, we understand the challenges you face with this process. That is why we’ve developed our Level Up initiative. With its streamlined 4-step CMMC 2.0 help approach, it ensures that your organization achieves the necessary certification with confidence. LevelUp Process 1. […]

Achieving CMMC compliance is a critical journey for contractors in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). As we turn this corner of new security requirements, it’s important for your organization to ensure you’re meeting the proper cybersecurity measures. To get you through the process, it is critical to have the right partner. Let’s dive into Registered […]

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“Nearly 88% of today’s malware can morph to avoid detection by signature based Anti-Virus solutions.” – Corey Nachreiner, Director of Security Strategy and Research for WatchGuard Technologies. While, historically Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) were targeted almost exclusively at governments and large enterprises, today APT’s have evolved to target smaller organizations and corporations to potentially devastating effect. Because cyber […]

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You’ve worked hard at your security infrastructure. Your valuable company data is comfortably barricaded behind ranks of firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, and content filters. You have redundancies on top of redundancies, and your creative use of technical safeguards and fail-safes would impress any of the three letter agencies. But then, just as you’re about to […]