CMMC 2.0 Requirement Deadline is Right Around the Corner
October 28, 2025 – Published on MSSP Alert
The time when the Defense Department (DoD) begins to enforce the strict requirements for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 framework is only days away, and the cybersecurity industry is scrambling to get ready.
Beginning November 10, Defense Industrial Base (DIB) contractors and subcontractors – and farther down the pipeline, MSSPs and MSPs with security services – that sell goods or services to defense agencies will have to comply with the regulations or risk losing out on business. The CMMC program is designed to protect DoD agencies from supply chain and other cyber threats by ensuring security firms working with them meet specific standards and can protect sensitive government information.
The new enforcement policy is both an opportunity and a challenge for MSSPs and MSPs. They can help clients – particularly SMBs, which increasingly lean on managed services providers to help them cope with increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats and a dearth of available security talent – put the pieces in place to reach CMMC 2.0 compliance.
Jason Spencer, senior security consultant for compliance at GuidePoint Security, told MSSP Alert that “many customers are considering building security enclaves or outsourcing work to limit the scope of compliance requirements for their main operations. They often choose MSSPs to minimize costs associated with hiring specialized personnel and maintaining equipment.”
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