Resources To Get Started Offering a CMMC-Readiness Service 

MSPs and MSSPs have an unprecedented opportunity to deliver a specialized IT assessment-readiness service to a huge market of 300,000 companies that do business with the Department of the Defense. New federal cybersecurity requirements that are now in force is what has created this opportunity, and everything is so new, the demand for help by DoD contractors far exceeds the supply of MSPs who even know what to do. RapidFire Tools can help. We’ve got the info that MSPs need to educate you about the opportunity, and the tools to help you deliver the service. You can get started now with these resources:

• What MSPs Need To Know About CMMC: The Department of Defense developed the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification to ensure that sufficient cybersecurity practices and processes are in place to protect Federal Contract Information and Controlled Unclassified Information within the DoD’s supply chain. Learn more here.
• What MSPs Need To Know About The CMMC “Interim Rule”: It’s going to take five years to get CMMC implemented for all 300,000 contractors and integrated into every DoD contract. In the meantime, a new so-called “Interim Rule” has been adopted that requires all DoD contractors to perform self-assessments and formally score their compliance status, and then produce two technical documents that will need your help to complete. Learn more here.
• Some Quick And Easy Ways To Get Started: With so much confusion happening around the new Interim Rule, this is a great time and place for you to establish yourself as a trusted technology advisor. You just need some basic information about the interim rule, and we have the details you need. Most DoD contractors are small businesses, without internal IT departments.  They are more likely to engage with an MSP to help with the new Interim Rule requirements. Learn more here.