Cybersecurity Webinars

N IST 800-171 Compliance - Maintain Your Competitive Advantage

Our 2023 webinar, “NIST 800-171 Compliance - Maintain Your Competitive Advantage,” with Brian Downey, Chief Information Officer at Technical Support International and our Exostar partners, discussed Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS) compliance for businesses within the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). The cybersecurity webinar focused on DFARS clauses from 7012 to 7024 and the requirements for safeguarding Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) that subcontractors to the DOD must meet to retaining existing DOD contracts and winning new ones.

Key takeaways include:

  • The current state of DFARS regulations

  • The necessary steps to comply with those regulations

  • Lessons learned from others in your industry to get compliant

2 021 IT Compliance Forecasts and Anticipating Security Trends

2020 has undoubtedly presented a number of challenges that have tested the limits of our ingenuity and abilities to adapt to change. Between the transition to the remote workplace, increases in both the severity and impact of cybercrimes and newly enforced compliance requirements, it’s a challenge staying ahead so you can adequately prepare your organizations to address them.

Please join us and Arctic Wolf as we dive into what to expect for 2021 and how to best position your organization to effectively address these changes.

S TRATEGIZING YOUR CMMC PLAN OF ACTION

Alongside our partner CyberSaint, we will discuss helpful strategies that will prepare you for a successful CMMC implementation including:

  • Determining your appropriate level for CMMC compliance, and what is required of your organization

  • What is involved in a gap assessment for CMMC, including system scanning, data analysis, and report development

  • Remediation development tips including how to approach policy

W hat You’re Likely Missing about CMMC Compliance

Lessons from an MSP’s CMMC Readiness Review Assessment

We had a great webinar with our partners at NQA pertaining to our experience undergoing a CMMC 3 Readiness Review Assessment. We’ve conveniently recorded it HERE in case you missed it, so you can learn about some of the most overlooked aspects of a CMMC implementation including an overview of what it takes to become certification-ready. We hope our webinar helped address some of our audiences’ lingering questions about the assessment process and look forward to addressing any questions you may have as well.

C reating and Managing a Sustainable

CMMC Compliance Program

In partnership with Exostar, TSI held a successful webinar on the topic of "Creating and Managing a Sustainable CMMC Compliance Program". Our webinar was recorded HERE, allowing you to get an understanding of our approach to helping businesses to achieve and maintain a successful cybersecurity program toward CMMC compliance. Furthermore, we have addressed topics such as policy development and documentation, IT CMMC requirements, engaging with CMMC 3 certificate ready RPO/Service Providers (MSPs/MSSPs), implementing time-lines, and contractual considerations as well as considering DoD timelines.

The webinar we conducted should have clarified some lingering questions our audiences had about our approach. We look forward to answering any questions you might have as well.

S top Procrastinating:

Address NIST 800-171 Today and Plan for CMMC 2.0 Now

Our partners from Exostar and Raytheon joined us for another successful NIST 800-171 and CMMC 2.0 webinar. We had an interesting discussion on the following topics:

  • Recent CMMC 2.0 Developments & Finalization Timelines
  • The Urgency to Submit SPRS Scores & Address NIST 800-171 Compliance Gaps
  •  The Shifts in DIB Leadership Accountability & Potential Legal Repercussions (False Claims Act)
  •  What Primes Like Raytheon Expect from DIBs Today

As we prepare for the fast-approaching finalization of the CMMC 2.0, we hope to have been able to provide some insight for our audience's NIST 800-171 implementation strategies. For those who missed it, you can view the recording HERE.

Exostar "Stop Procrastinating" for CMMC 2.0 planning

C MMC From Start to Finish:

A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Approach to Achieving NIST 800-171 & CMMC Compliance
CMMC Start to FInish Compliance badge

We're thrilled to have co-hosted the "CMMC from Start to Finish" webinar with Quality Support Group (a leading international consulting and training firm) which was recorded HERE!  This was a great opportunity to provide QSG's clients with the straightforward approach to achieving NIST 800 -171 and CMMC compliance requirements, both of which are frequently found in DoD contracts. The webinar provided attendees with the information they need to maintain good standing with the DoD and pursue future contracts containing these requirements, as well as answers to the burning questions of the audience.