In this episode Jacob speaks with Koren Wise who is a highly experienced CMMC consultant, assessor, and instructor. Koren offers insights from her experience helping companies prepare for CMMC, and gives advice on hiring the right CMMC consultant and assessor for your business - and much more!.

Here are some of the topics we discussed:

• How she got to where she is today
• Common misconceptions businesses have about CMMC
• Who should take the CMMC Certified Professional (CCP) course
• Real world problems and solutions
• What is a CUI enclave?
• Addressing CUI data sprawl in a business
• Joint Surveillance Assessments
• Managing CMMC compliance like a project
• Hiring the right CMMC consultant
• Hiring the right CMMC assessor

Follow Koren on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/koren-wise/

Koren's website: https://www.wtinetworks.com

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