Podcast

Fed Talks: CMMC 2.0

Dec 13, 2021

Fed Talks is a series of audio episodes featuring current issues in government contracting, offering thoughtful, bite-sized insights with rotating guests from inside and outside Baker Tilly.

On this episode of Fed Talks, we discuss the recent changes to the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) with subject matter specialist Matt Gilbert. Questions addressed include:

What is CMMC 2.0 and what are some of the key features of this new model?
How does the removal of the process requirement affect contractors?
What should contractors do today as they await additional guidance on CMMC 2.0?

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Fed Talks host

Derek Boyd
Derek Boyd is a partner in the government contractor advisory services practice of Baker Tilly.

About the guests

Matt Gilbert, Principal

Matt is a principal in Baker Tilly’s risk advisory consulting practice. He leads our CMMC and government contractor IT risk suite of services. Matt’s expertise includes internal auditing, SOX compliance, information technology controls, business process controls and ERP risk and controls. Matt is actively engaged in supporting government contractors, grant recipients, state and local governments and federal agencies navigate the CMMC requirements and also has extensive experience supporting NIST 800-171 and 800-53 related assessments.

About the producer

Andrew Graziano, Senior Consultant
Andrew has been with Baker Tilly for over three years and has spent that time working with government contractors on a wide variety of compliance matters. Andrew has experience with incurred cost proposals, indirect rate modeling, price proposal preparation, cost impact analysis and commercial sales practice disclosures. In his spare time, he produces and edits this Fed Talks podcast.