This week we're joined by Fenando Machado of Cybersec Investments, an authorized CMMC C3PAO. Fernando has been around the CMMC space for years and has helped a ton of companies successfully pass their Joint Surveillance Assessments. Fernando shares what he's learned ahead of the effective date of the 32 CFR CMMC final rule and the rest of the phased roll-out.

Pathfinder 101: https://www.summit7.us/pathfinder

Pathfinder Demo: https://youtu.be/JiDTCchfCa0?si=JJFplxSfvkaRVhRo

32 CFR CMMC Webinar: https://www.summit7.us/webinars/cmmc-32-cfr-final-rule

Fernando: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-machado-cissp-cism-cca-ccp-5b5581124/

Cybersec Investments (C3PAO): https://cybersecinvestments.com/

(0:00 – 3:17): Intro (3:18 – 6:42): What's the key to assessment success? (6:43 – 8:48): What's the key to perfect scores? (8:49 – 11:42): Most problematic controls? (11:43 – 12:52): What's harder: technical or non-technical? (12:53 – 14:42): Are “False Starts” real? (14:43 – 17:44): How important is an MSP? (17:45 – 20:45): Current backlog? (20:46 – 22:38): $100k assessments? (22:39 – 24:27): Outro