Small business stakeholders call for new methods to simplify achieving CMMC certification

The House Small Business Committee heard from small business owners and stakeholders on the challenges they are facing to comply with the Defense Department’s cyber certification program, as well as suggestions on how the program should change to address their concerns over costs, during a Thursday hearing.

Michael Dunbar of Ryzhka International spoke about the importance of small businesses to the defense industrial base and the current complexity that the Defense Department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program presents to those...