Facing CMMC deadlines? Compliance isn’t as daunting as it looks.

This document explains the CMMC framework, levels, and enforcement timeline (Nov 10, 2025), emphasizing that comprehensive asset visibility is the first step to practical compliance. It promotes runZero as a fast, agentless way to discover and inventory IT/OT/IoT/cloud assets, uncover banned components, and provide evidence for aligning with NIST SP 800-171/172, helping DIB contractors—especially small and midsize firms—prepare efficiently for assessments without unnecessary tooling complexity.