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There are a lot of reasons why organizations fail their FedRAMP audits and are denied the authorization they need to work on government contracts. We've even covered a lot of them here on the Ignyte blog in the past. One area that we haven't covered, in detail at least, is mistakes with the FedRAMP boundary. Not just the boundary, either, but with the diagrams that track and prove it.

Let's posit a hypothetical situation for you to think about. Let's say that you're a large company already CMMC-compliant and working with the DoD. You've identified a smaller company that offers a service complementary to your own, and you've decided to acquire that company. That smaller company claims to be CMMC-compliant, and you move forward with the acquisition.

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, CMMC, is currently the most important information security framework for thousands of businesses across the country. Businesses that wish to work with the Department of Defense, or a DoD subcontractor, are quite likely to need to earn their CMMC certification in order to win those contracts. For those businesses that haven't been paying attention, this can come as a significant surprise.

Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) who either currently work with the federal government, are in the process of earning FedRAMP certification, or are considering seeking it, all have a serious choice to make. FedRAMP is changing. If you haven't been watching the world of government compliance, or if you've been putting off making a decision until a deadline gets closer, it's here. As a CSP, what do you need to know, what decision do you need to make, and how will it affect your path with government contracts?

CMMC is increasingly important for the overall security of the government, and by extension, the people. Threats are continually evolving, so security standards have to rise to meet them. Programs like CMMC exist to enforce standards capable of resisting most common threats and protecting sensitive information. It's no surprise, then, that more and more businesses are finding CMMC to be mandatory for the government contracts they want to win.