The RMF Mindset Is Quietly Breaking CMMC Readiness

Описание: Most defense contractors are being given bad advice.

If you’ve been told to “just treat CMMC like RMF,” this video explains why that mindset is not only wrong — it is strategically dangerous. It quietly drives unnecessary documentation work, misdirects budgets, and leaves organizations unprepared for a real C3PAO assessment.

RMF was designed to authorize information systems.
CMMC was designed to evaluate organizational capability.

That difference matters.

In this video, I break down:

Why RMF is a system-centric authorization model and CMMC is a business-centric certification model

How treating CMMC like RMF leads to overbuilt SSPs and underdeveloped processes

Where scoping failures happen when contractors think in enclaves instead of business workflows

Why tools and templates do not replace governance, ownership, and repeatable operations

What C3PAOs actually test during a Level 2 assessment

How leadership misunderstanding creates risk long before the assessment starts

CMMC is not asking whether a system can operate.
CMMC is asking whether your business can consistently protect CUI as part of how it operates day-to-day.

If you advise executives, run compliance programs, or are responsible for protecting revenue tied to DoD contracts, this video will reset your mental model and save you months of rework.

The goal is not an ATO.
The goal is a CMMC certification that reflects how your business actually runs.

If this helped reframe the conversation, subscribe and share it with someone in the Defense Industrial Base who is still stuck in RMF thinking.

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