Cybersecurity Requirements for Department of Defense Contracts are Here! Are you Ready?

If you are a Washington APEX Accelerator client working on or pursuing contracts with the Department of Defense, you will need to meet new cybersecurity requirements going into effect in 2025.

At a minimum, WA APEX Accelerator recommends all DoD contractors achieve the CMMC Level 1 self-assessment which is not only a DoD requirement — its also good cyber hygiene — securing your business from general cyber-attacks.

The Basics: As a federal government contractor, supplier, or vendor, you handle Federal Contract Information (FCI), and you must comply with the basic contractor cybersecurity requirements listed in the FAR 52.204-21 clause.  Beginning in 2025, contractors working in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) will have to affirm they meet these requirements as part of a Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 1 self-assessment.

Not sure where to start? Consider these two options.

1) Complete a self-guided process with assistance from Project Spectrum for free.

2) Take a workshop offered by Washington APEX Accelerator, Totem Technologies and Govology.com. The three-week workshop offers hands-on learning from seasoned cybersecurity experts to be CMMC Level 1 Ready. This has a cost.*

*Sign up today to receive a 50% scholarship off the workshop fee!

Interested? Contact Cara Buckingham at carab@economicalliancesc.org no later than Friday, December 5th
10 Minimum Needed to Offer the Class, 20 Maximum Spots Available
Participants must commit to participate in all three weeks of the course, including the live 1-hour Q&A sessions.

CMMC Level 1 Readiness Online Workshop Details

Totem Technologies cybersecurity experts will coach you through CMMC Level 1 compliance as you successfully address the cybersecurity practices and perform the self-assessment in accordance with the FAR 52.204-21 regulations.

Course Timeline, Delivery and Commitment

January 6^th through January 24^th, 2025

• The workshop consists of three (3) 1.5-hour presentation sessions, one per week over the course of three (3) weeks.
• Lectures will be distributed on Mondays as on-demand video recordings.
• On Friday each week the instructor will conduct a live 1-hour Q&A session.
  • Live Q&A Dates are 1/10/25, 1/17/25, 1/24/25
• Participants must commit to participate in all three weeks of the course, including the live 1-hour Q&A sessions.

Course Cost: The course fee is $1,000 however Washington APEX Accelerator is offering our Washington-based APEX clients a 50% scholarship, reducing your cost to $500. 

Session Schedule 

Session	Theme	Topics
1	Overview of Requirements and Scoping	Introduction to Totem.Tech Overview of Federal Government / CMMC cybersecurity compliance System Inventory basics System Description workbook introduction
2	Building an SSP	Principles of quality cybersecurity policies and implementation Addressing the FAR 17
3	Self-Assessment	The DoD’s 800-171 Assessment Methodology for the associated FAR 17 controls Reporting assessment results in the DoD’s Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS)

For more information or to claim your spot, please contact Washington APEX Accelerator Center Manager/Advisor Cara Buckingham at carab@economicalliancesc.org.

This APEX Accelerator is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense.