by Cailey McDowell | Oct 22, 2025 | Blog
As organizations across the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) work toward CMMC certification, many face the same challenge: keeping their compliance programs accurate and up to date without drowning in spreadsheets and manual tracking. One ASCERA customer — a...
by Cailey McDowell | Sep 23, 2025 | Blog
What Is a POAM? A Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM, or POA&M) is a formal corrective action plan created when a security requirement in NIST SP 800-171, NIST SP 800-53, or CMMC is not fully satisfied and cannot be marked as “Met.” This should not be confused...
by Cailey McDowell | Sep 17, 2025 | Blog
If you’re working toward CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification), you already know that evidence is the backbone of a successful assessment. Unfortunately, many organizations underestimate this part of the process. They scramble to pull evidence last...
by Cailey McDowell | Aug 6, 2025 | Blog
For many organizations, the hardest part of CMMC isn’t implementing security controls — it’s figuring out what exactly the security controls are asking for. The language of NIST 800-171 can be dense and confusing, and organizations are often left guessing...
by Cailey McDowell | Jul 18, 2025 | Blog, Webinars
Is your organization struggling to keep up with the demands of NIST 800-171 and CMMC compliance? CUIComply was built to make it easier — allowing you to centralize evidence management, automate document creation, and get AI-powered guidance for every CMMC control....
