The Challenge: To maintain and compete for government contracts in the DoD acquisition process, companies need to comply with DFARS Clause 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting, which requires DoD Contractors to implement National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800 series, “Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations”. Don’t comply and you lose your ability to procure federal contracts.
How do we help? The Experts at First Team Cyber have assessed and implemented NIST 800 series controls for every size organization in the defense industrial base supply chain. Our professional services team has unmatched experience interpreting the NIST 800 series requirements, solving operational issues, and implementing the controls required to protect covered defense information in a manner that demonstrably shows compliance.
Unlike other consulting firms, our services enable you to understand and take the required action to meet security requirements for protecting the confidentiality of CUI. Today, vendors misleadingly sell products or compliance add-ons to a managed services agreement. This will not give you the level of compliance needed because most of the security requirements deal with your unique business processes. A cookie cutter approach is doomed to fail in the eyes of government auditors.
With First Team Cyber:
- Pass your audit to compete for government contracts
- Stay compliant post audit
- Improve your security posture
First Team Cyber; LLC enables you to stay competitive in the DoD acquisition process and comply with NIST 800-171 and CMMC through these three steps:
Step 1.
Assessing Risk and Current Operations for Compliance.
Step 2.
Using our Project Management Service we will generate a System Security Plan (SSP) and document Plans of Action & Milestones (POA&Ms) needed to mitigate the findings from step 1.
Step 3.
Our Project management service will help you implement the required controls and our Cyber security Management Program will be key in helping you maintain your compliance.
It is advised to use a proactive approach to security compliance and risk management for the long run. While a proactive systematic approach requires more time and resources than purchasing new security equipment, it empowers companies with a more clear understanding of their security problems along with a rational justification of investments into security solutions.
First Team Cyber, LLC has experience with many time-tested standards and best practices in security management, with the primary being NIST, PCI, ISO 27000, HIPAA, and some others. However, being adopted imprudently, these standards may be too complex and raise concerns among business owners to be bogged down in bulks of documentation and organizational processes. First Team Cyber, LLC is here to help.
Contact us today to schedule your compliance assessment (Step 1).
