Defense Contractors
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Certification vs. Controls: Spending Through the CMMC Fog
Class Deviation 2026-O0025 Revision 3 codified the CMMC Phase 2 pause, and the market misread the 2028 date. Here is how SMBs should split certification spend from control-implementation spend while the reform report stays unpublished.
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The CMMC 'Soft Pause': Why the Compliance Shadow is Getting Darker
Don't mistake a procedural pause in CMMC Phase 2 for a regulatory retreat. The compliance shadow is growing.
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CMMC's First Step Is Broken — The Pentagon Still Can't Mark Its Own Data
CMMC's biggest cost driver is not the audit but the Pentagon's decade-long failure to mark its own CUI. Two inspector general reports say the contractors are right.
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CMMC Phase 2 Suspension: The Compliance Pause That Raised Contractor Risk
The Department of War paused third-party CMMC certification but left self-attestation live, concentrating False Claims Act exposure exactly where DOJ is scaling enforcement.