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The Department of Defense (DoD) developed the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework in order to assess and enhance the cybersecurity posture of the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) and its suppliers.

Lazarus Alliance, a certified C3PAO firm, will coordinate directly with your organization to schedule your CMMC assessment. Our certified C3PAO assessors will help identify the level of the certification based on your company’s specific business requirements. Your company will be awarded certification at the appropriate CMMC level upon demonstrating the appropriate maturity in capabilities and organizational maturity.

Frequently Asked Questions

CMMC is a program that allows DoD contract holders and seekers to meet security requirements. If you are a DoD contracting organization, you are undoubtedly seeking CMMC certification. If you are already, to help you prepare and achieve CMMC certification.

For C3PAO services that reduce costs and leverages the FedRAMP certified CMMC audit software platform, call +1 (888) 896-7580  to get started.

CMMC Readiness

As part of CMMC certification, Lazarus Alliance, as your C3PAO, will determine your CMMC-Readiness, which involves:

  • Identification of the CMMC scope to help your organization understand the applicable control environment
  • Performance of a gap analysis by CMMC and federal compliance experts against those controls
  • Review of your DoD SSP

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Cost Reductions

We work smarter, not harder, to drive down your costs by giving you access to Continuum GRC's ITAM application, the number one ranked CMMC-ready SaaS GRC audit software solution. This solution is the only FedRAMP-certified assessment application tailor-made for the CMMC.

With years of experience working with our clients for our clients, not against them, with scope-creep and annual price hikes.

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Proactive not Reactive

We work with our CMMC clients proactively throughout the year to help prevent threats to your CMMC compliance program.

With the time and expense required to remain CMMC certified, you don't want to risk a compliance exposure that would drive up your costs and invalidate your valuable certification.

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Start to Finish in Record Time

Our proven CMMC C3PAO assessment approach and technology dramatically improve the completion process. We average a huge 46% reduction in the traditional assessment time due to our critical path methodology, proactive philosophy, and usage of the Continuum GRC ITAM platform. You have 24/7 access, allowing everyone to get out quickly.

Talk with one of our experts

Our Lazarus Alliance Cybervisor™ teams have experience performing thousands of assessments for organizations providing services to clients around the world.

We're here to answer any questions you may have.

Questions, Concerns, Complaints, and Appeals

The Dispute Resolution Process is reviewed by Lazarus Alliance management annually or as changes are necessary.

General Administrative Requirements

  1.  Authorized and Accredited C3PAOs shall have a documented process to receive, evaluate, and make decisions on appeals in accordance with these requirements. (ISO/IEC 17020 7.5.1)
  2. A description of the Authorized and Accredited C3PAO’s internal handling process for appeals shall be available to any interested party upon request. (ISO/IEC 17020 7.5.2)
  3. The handling process for appeals shall include at least the following elements and methods:
    1. A description of the Authorized or Accredited C3PAO’s process for receiving, validating, investigating the appeal, and deciding what actions are to be taken in response to it;
    2. The process for ensuring that an Authorized or Accredited C3PAO’s appropriate actions are taken in a timely manner. (ISO/IEC 17020 7.6.1)
    3. The process for the Authorized or Accredited C3PAOs tracking and recording appeals, including actions undertaken to resolve appeals, is entering the appeal data into the CMMC Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS)
    4. Authorized and Accredited C3PAOs shall acknowledge receipt of the appeal and shall provide the appellant with progress reports and the outcome. (ISO/IEC 17020 7.6.3)
  4. Authorized and Accredited C3PAOs receiving the appeal shall be responsible for gathering and verifying all necessary information to validate the appeal. (ISO/IEC 17020 7.6.2)
  5. All appeals submitted by an OSC to an Authorized or Accredited C3PAO shall be reviewed and approved by a Certified Assessor or Quality Control staff member not involved in the original inspection activities in question.
  6. Authorized or Accredited C3PAO reassessments and decisions on submitted appeals shall not result in any discriminatory actions against any individual or OSC filing the appeal. (ISO/IEC 17020 7.5.5)

Appeals

  1. Upon receipt of a final assessment report from the Authorized or Accredited C3PAO, an OSC has the right to appeal the results of a CMMC assessment certification decision if the OSC believes their failure was attributed to:

    1. Malfeasance

    2. Unethical Behavior,

    3. Error on behalf of the Authorized or Accredited C3PAO or the assessors who conducted the assessment.

  2. Upon receipt of the final CMMC assessment report, an OSC has up to 14 calendar days to file an appeal requesting further adjudication of compliance with practices or processes that the organization disputes based upon the criteria outlined in 5.1.

  3. Upon receipt of an OSC appeal, the Authorized or Accredited C3PAO shall record the appeal in CMMC eMASS and conduct a review of practices or processes in dispute.

  4. Upon receipt of an appeal, the Authorized or Accredited C3PAO shall conduct a revaluation in coordination with the OSC. The C3PAO’s investigation may include a review of the OSC’s previously provided evidence which has been hashed by the OSC, and consultations with the original assessment team and OSC personnel as required.

  5. Upon receipt of the appeal, the Authorized or Accredited C3PAO will have 21 calendar days to conduct its reevaluation of disputed practices and processes and provide its adjudication decision to the OSC. Simultaneously, the Authorized or Accredited C3PAO shall upload the following information to CMMC eMASS:

    1. Any amendments to its original assessment report based upon the findings of its re-evaluation

    2. Name of team lead conducting the re-evaluation in support of the appeal

    3. The outcome of the appeal

    4. The C3PAO approving authority for reevaluation and the outcome of the appeal

  6. Should the OSC refute or oppose the adjudication decision of their Assessment Appeal by the C3PAO, they may elevate their appeal to the Cyber AB. The OSC must elevate its appeal to the Cyber AB within ten (10) business days of receiving the adjudication decision of their Assessment Appeal by the C3PAO in writing.

    All appeals rendered by The Cyber AB’s Ethics and Compliance Committee are final.

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