This session focuses on how organizations can achieve CMMC 2.0 compliance in a cost-effective, sustainable way—without cutting corners or increasing risk.

Participants will examine where CMMC costs typically escalate, why many compliance efforts become unnecessarily expensive, and how disciplined scoping, control reuse, and automation materially reduce spend. The discussion emphasizes smart sequencing, informed tradeoffs, and program design choices that lower total cost of ownership over time.

Topics include:

• The primary cost drivers in CMMC readiness and assessments

• Avoiding over-scoping, redundant controls, and unnecessary tooling

• Leveraging existing investments and shared controls

• Building compliance programs that scale without recurring rework