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CMMC & NIST 800-171 Readiness Checklist

A practical checklist to help your organization understand CMMC readiness, CUI considerations, control gaps, and next steps.

What's included

10 Key Readiness Areas

  • Understand whether CMMC applies to your contracts
  • Identify where FCI and CUI exist in your environment
  • Define your system boundary and scope
  • Assess current controls against NIST 800-171
  • Document gaps and prioritize remediation
  • Review and update security policies and procedures
  • Establish evidence collection practices
  • Prepare a Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M)
  • Brief leadership on cost, timeline, and risk
  • Evaluate readiness before engaging a C3PAO assessor

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Paragon Advisory helps defense contractors and DIB suppliers prepare for CMMC through practical readiness assessments, CUI discovery planning, and remediation roadmaps.