CMMC Level 2 assessments incorporate NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2 to confirm all security requirements are implemented effectively across your organization’s system and processes.
Beyond helping you secure DoD contracts and protect federal business relationships, CMMC compliance improves your organization’s cybersecurity posture. It enhances your ability to protect valuable data and reduce risk while also showcasing your commitment to excellence, building trust among clients, partners, and stakeholders.
Business Transformation Institute (BTI) has been in business since 2005 and is a C3PAO authorized by The Cyber AB offering professional C3PAO services. As a provider of C3PAO services and CMMC third party assessment organization, our experienced team demonstrates how to become a C3PAO through expertise. Our Certified CMMC Assessors (CCAs) and Lead CCAs are qualified to conduct Level 2 assessments and bring extensive knowledge and technical skills to the process. Our team members are authorized to work at the highest levels of government information sensitivity, so you can be sure they understand your customer’s mission and the critical cybersecurity controls at an expert level.
Prepare for the CMMC certification proactively and put your business in the competitive defense contracting market.
During an assessment, our qualified team of assessors will evaluate your organization’s cybersecurity practices against CMMC Level 2 requirements. As a company who offers authorized C3PAO services, we’re required to follow a phased approach, which may include the following stages depending on your compliance needs:
We’ll work with you to determine a time frame and location for the assessment. We’ll also verify your scope and readiness for the assessment before moving forward. If desired, we will conduct a formal “Mock Assessment” with you prior to proceeding with an on-the-record assessment.
We’ll determine the most cost-effective and beneficial assessment method for your organization. Depending on our chosen methods, our assessment might include examining or testing your organization’s security safeguarding activities. Following the assessment, we’ll determine whether your organization has or hasn’t met Level 2 requirements.
After sharing the final assessment results with you, we’ll upload them to the CMMC Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Services (eMass) database and issue a certificate stating your CMMC status.
If your organization does not pass the assessment and therefore develops a Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms), we can conduct a second assessment to close out POA&Ms.
A CMMC assessment is not a one-size-fits-all experience. Your assessor has the discretion to choose the best assessment methods for your organization, so it’s essential to partner with an experienced C3PAO to ensure the process is efficient and cost-effective.
The certified experts at BTI will go above and beyond your expectations. Here’s why:
Find answers to some of the top questions about CMMC assessment. If we didn’t cover yours here, contact us to learn more.
A CMMC assessment is required by the DoD for contractors handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and wanting to comply with the CMMC program at Level 2. The assessment needs to be conducted by a CMMC Third Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO) authorized by The Cyber AB.
The cost of complying with the CMMC certification process is dependent on several factors, including:
The CMMC certification process involves implementing the required security controls for your target maturity level, then undergoing an official assessment by a certified third-party assessor. Your organization must demonstrate that all controls are operating effectively across your systems and processes. Once the assessor verifies compliance, you receive your CMMC certification, which typically remains valid for three years.
With the implementation of CMMC 2.0, self-assessment is only a part of Levels 1 and 2 of the certification program. Organizations taking the Level 2 path need to be assessed by Certified Third-Party Assessment Organizations (C3PAOs) like BTI as a requirement of the compliance process.
Certified third-party assessor organizations (C3PAOs) are authorized by the DoD to conduct CMMC assessments. These organizations are vetted and endorsed by the Cyber AB specialized expertise in evaluating cybersecurity controls and government information protection requirements.
The duration of the CMMC assessment depends on the level the organization is pursuing. Level 1 typically runs for a few months, while Levels 2 and 3 may go beyond a year because of the extensive preparation and assessments. At BTI, we’ll help you determine an appropriate time frame to streamline the process.
Organizations sometimes fail in staying compliant because of the following:
If an organization fails to meet the requirements for the CMMC assessment, it needs to identify and address areas that need remediation. The process can include implementing appropriate cybersecurity controls and practices before undergoing a reassessment by a C3PAO.
Just as cybersecurity threats continuously evolve, CMMC compliance requires regular monitoring and further assessments. Your compliance is not a one-time effort but a constant conformance to ensure adherence to the regulations while staying current with the cybersecurity landscape.
From our data-driven approach to technical expertise, we at BTI are ready to make your CMMC assessment journey more efficient and effective. We will guide you through the certification process, from preparation through assessment, result reporting, and POA&Ms close-outs. You can count on us to create a practical path to CMMC certification, aligning security requirements with your specific needs.
With authorization by The Cyber AB to conduct CMMC Assessments, we have an edge in keeping you on track with your progress while staying compliant with the highest levels of government sensitivity. We were part of the original working group that developed the certification to protect confidential government information systems from increasing cyberattacks. Our commitment to objective, transparent assessments and integrity in reporting helps minimize non-value-added consumption of time and resources.
Choosing an experienced, reputable, and highly skilled C3PAO will ensure you receive a CMMC Level 2 assessment that’s official — and streamlined. Have greater peace of mind partnering with a C3PAO that has a history with CMMC, like BTI. Contact us today.
BTI succeeds in its mission when an organization is measurably better in a way that makes a real difference, is able to sustain the change for the better, knows that it is better, and is satisfied with the result.
Business Transformation Institute, Inc. (BTI) joined in partnership with Raytheon SAS to help us bring together many diverse business units and to stabilize and improve our performance. Throughout the years we have worked together and achieved CMMI Maturity Level 5 while bringing together geographically and process diverse units. This has allowed us to have a much higher fluidity in our staff and contract execution locations without suffering performance degradation. Also, BTI has led the way in choreographing novel appraisal methodologies that have significantly reduced the cost of maintaining CMMI certification and ensuring that the programs do not suffer “set-back” during the gap between certification renewals.
CNI was going to graduate from the federal government’s 8(a) program. We had to be prepared to compete. Part of this is having good processes. BTI helped us to do it.
I was fortunate to work with the BTI team on deploying the CMMI Level 2 practice at Western Union. There were a number of obstacles in garnering top-down changes and support everyone that the team was able to work through and make it successful.
Implementing CMMI practices and procedures in an unstructured environment is surely difficult, but the BTI team was able to see the big picture and also make sure that the details were correctly addressed and implemented.
I highly recommend the BTI team!
