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Before Your MSP Chases CMMC, Take an Honest Look at Your Operations

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A lot of MSPs are looking at Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and seeing opportunity. And for good reasons. Defense work can be lucrative, and the clients are serious. While the stakes are certainly higher, it can look like the next step up for your business. But that doesn’t mean every MSP should jump right in. CMMC isn’t just another little box to check. It puts real pressure on...
The article presents CMMC as a high-stakes opportunity for MSPs, emphasizing the operational discipline required to meet defense contractor standards. The strongest version of this narrative acknowledges the legitimate challenges of compliance—documentation, vendor accountability, and incident response—while framing CMMC as a gateway to lucrative, high-trust work. However, the piece also subtly reinforces a paradigm where regulatory pressure is the primary driver of cybersecurity maturity, rathe...