How Can the Department of Defense Revise CMMC Certification Requirements by Leveraging an Existing Solution Like ISO/IEC 27001?

2026-07-21T14:57:46-04:00

Protecting CUI While Reducing Compliance Burden The Department of Defense (DoD) faces a difficult balancing act. On one hand, it must ensure that every organization handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) maintains a mature and effective cybersecurity program capable of protecting sensitive defense information from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. On the other hand, the Department has recognized that cybersecurity compliance has become increasingly expensive, complex, and time-consuming—particularly for the small and medium-sized businesses that make up much of the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program was created to provide independent verification that contractors are implementing the security [...]

How Can the Department of Defense Revise CMMC Certification Requirements by Leveraging an Existing Solution Like ISO/IEC 27001?2026-07-21T14:57:46-04:00

Focus on Growth, We’ll Handle Compliance

2025-09-09T15:23:26-04:00

Small Department of Defense manufacturers are usually ISO certified and are facing the implementation of CMMC/NIST-171 in order to maintain their current defense contracts.  Management of both ISO 9001/AS9100 and CMMC documentation, monitoring, audit requirements, and incidents can easily be managed and maintained within the current ISO management system processes. One solution to reduce the cost of maintaining both systems is to outsource the management system compliance using our Virtual QMS Manager.  One hour a month keeps you compliant and gives you more time to do what you do best - create product. Contact us about this very affordable service.   jim@cpisys.com

Focus on Growth, We’ll Handle Compliance2025-09-09T15:23:26-04:00

Keys to Successful Change Management

2022-10-07T09:49:26-04:00

The Critical Role of Leadership During Organizational Change: How leaders should manage change. This holds true - whether you are implementing a ISO compliant business management system, or a new software solution that affects many employees. At the top of the list always for me - is Top Management Commitment! It needs to be shown by consistent communications and by example whenever possible, at least until the change has been absorbed and stabilized within the organization. Thanks to Abhijeet Pratap on Notesmatic.com for this thoughtful piece. In the 21st century, change has become the rule of the business industry. Due to the [...]

Keys to Successful Change Management2022-10-07T09:49:26-04:00

10 Steps to Creating a Data-Driven Culture

2022-10-07T09:49:27-04:00

Sure this works for big companies – But how do you manage with data and a systems approach, while keeping the heart of a start-up? If you lead a company with less than 100 employees, PM me to learn more. Thank you to author David Waller, Harvard Business Review. Do you manage with the right information? Exploding quantities of data have the potential to fuel a new era of fact-based innovation in corporations, backing up new ideas with solid evidence. Buoyed by hopes of better satisfying customers, streamlining operations, and clarifying strategy, firms have for the past decade amassed [...]

10 Steps to Creating a Data-Driven Culture2022-10-07T09:49:27-04:00

Is Six Sigma Dead?

2022-10-07T09:49:27-04:00

Have business managers moved away from simple solutions to continuous improvement? Applying six sigma/lean tools to a small to medium sized company becomes a dauntless task if the application of the program is not fully understood.  A lot of time is wasted on trying to follow the rules for 6 sigma without thinking about them.  If a company does not have the bandwidth to use a continuous improvement process consistently, the momentum begins to disappear.  It takes practice to become proficient in applying the six sigma principles.  Business management is simple if you follow the truths spelled out in David Dibbles [...]

Is Six Sigma Dead?2022-10-07T09:49:27-04:00
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