Vetting Your CMMC Provider: 28 Questions to Ask
28 questions every defense small business should ask a CMMC provider, with how CMMC Ready Now answers each.
Choosing who guides your CMMC program is one of the highest-stakes vendor decisions a small defense contractor makes. You may be with that provider for the next three years. The defense community built a 28-question checklist to vet providers around one core premise: where is your data, who has access, and how is it managed, tracked, and protected? Below are those questions, grouped, with how CMMC Ready Now answers each. The highlighted answers are where our model gives you a clear edge.
The Short Version
CMMC Ready Now is a CMMC compliance consulting firm and platform provider, not a managed IT or infrastructure company. We do not store, process, or transmit your CUI. Our work lives in the compliance layer: gap assessments, SSP and policy authorship, remediation, evidence management, and C3PAO preparation. That keeps us out of your CUI boundary and out of your assessment scope, while giving you the expertise and platform to get certified and stay certified.
Basic Introduction
Questions 1 to 5
Basic Risk Management
Questions 6 to 20
Insurance & Certifications
Questions 21 to 24
Business History
Questions 25 to 28
Important Note
A Word on the GCC High Question
Many providers default to recommending GCC High for every client, which can mean a six-figure migration you may not need. The right architecture depends on how CUI actually moves through your organization, not on a license sale. CMMC Ready Now scopes your CUI boundary first and recommends the architecture that is assessable and economically sensible for your business.
Ready to Compare Answers?
Hand these 28 questions to any provider you are evaluating, then talk to us. CMMC Ready Now will answer all 28 in writing and walk you through a Customer Responsibility Matrix down to the assessment objective.
Attribution: The 28 questions are drawn from the ND-ISAC SMB Working Group “DIB MSP Shopping Guide for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses” (TLP WHITE), authored by Allison Giddens, Terry Hebert, and Andy Sauer. The answers and commentary are CMMC Ready Now’s own.
This page is informational and is not legal or compliance advice.
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