We raised a question during a recent CyberAB Weekly C3PAO discussion that sparked a much broader conversation across the CMMC ecosystem: Too many companies in the DIB assume that hiring a “CMMC-certified” MSP automatically means their environment is compliant. That assumption is becoming one of the biggest hidden risks in the ecosystem. Shared responsibility, inherited controls, enclave boundaries, evidence ownership, and customer responsibilities are being misunderstood every day — especially by SMB manufacturers and subcontractors. We broke down the growing “inheritance problem” and why organizations are discovering gaps far too late in the process. As CMMC continues to mature, discussions like these are exactly what the ecosystem needs. Additional guidance and clarification are expected as implementation realities continue surfacing across OSCs, MSPs, RPOs, and C3PAOs. Read here: https://lnkd.in/gtPP684k #CMMC #CMMC2 #Cybersecurity #DIB #DefenseIndustrialBase #NIST800171 #MSP #MSSP #Compliance #FedRAMP #GovCon #DoD #CyberRisk #CUI #Aerospace #Manufacturing #AceOfCloud #ExternalServiceProvider #ESP
Ace of Cloud
Information Technology & Services
Sterling, Virginia 359 followers
Authorized C3PAO | CMMC Level 2 Assessments | NIST Experts (FISMA, FedRAMP, GovRAMP, etc.)
About us
Ace of Cloud is an authorized CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO) accredited by the Cyber AB to conduct official CMMC Level 2 Certification Assessments. Our team of certified CMMC Assessors (CCA) and Professional (CCP) experts is dedicated to helping the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) meet mandatory DoD cybersecurity requirements. Our specialty is speed and efficiency! With our proprietary "special sauce," we perform NIST SP 800-171 GAP assessments in as little as 90 minutes, providing a clear roadmap to compliance. We also offer accredited experts to build and maintain your Cybersecurity and Privacy programs so you never have to let DFARS 252.204-7012 compliance be a burden. Our team provides deep expertise across FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC2, and global privacy frameworks (GDPR, CCPA, etc.). Don’t let compliance hurdles jeopardize your contract eligibility. Contact Us on our website (www.aceofcloud.com) or shoot us an email at info@aceofcloud.com.
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https://www.aceofcloud.com/
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- Information Technology & Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Sterling, Virginia
- Type
- Privately Held
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- 2017
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Sterling, Virginia 20165, US
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Great time today at CMMC Day in College Park, Maryland. Always good to see new faces entering the space, but even better reconnecting with the people we’ve built real relationships with over the past year. This community continues to grow, and it’s clear we’re all pushing toward the same objective which is to support the DIB and strengthen the ecosystem to better protect our nation. Appreciate the conversations, the alignment, and the shared mission. Shoutout to Paramify for hosting a great after-hours event at The Dome. Solid way to keep the momentum going beyond the sessions. May the 4th be with you! Anwar Kibria Heycel Vera Salman Mansoor Andrew Lynch Jaspal Jandaur Will Smith McKay Wall Kelly Meraz Neilson Beth Leonard PMP, ITIL, CSSBB Billy Hennessy Zayed Chowdhury, CISA, CCSK, CEH, CDPSE, CMMC RP George Perezdiaz Soda Sultana #CMMC #DIB #CyberSecurity #Compliance #NationalSecurity #Networking #Community #CMMCecosystem
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We’re heading to Wichita. Ace of Cloud will be at the CMMC Midwest Cybersecurity Conference (April 30 – May 1) — find us at Booth U1. If you’re a DoD contractor working toward CMMC Level 2, chances are your scope or enclave isn’t as dialed in as it needs to be. As a Cyber AB Authorized C3PAO, we help organizations across the DIB get assessment-ready the right way — no wasted time, no unnecessary complexity. Stop by Booth U1 and let’s talk about where you stand. #CMMC #CMMCLevel2 #C3PAO #RPO #DIB #DefenseIndustrialBase #DoDContractors #NIST800171 #CUI #Enclave #GCCHigh #CybersecurityCompliance #GovCon #AceOfCloud
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Oh snap! Our very own Director of Compliance Josh Rector dropping gems on all things AI and FedRAMP
AI agents are tireless, highly capable, and eager to please, but are you ready to govern them? In this clip from an upcoming video I did with Teleport, George Chamales (CriticalSec) and I tackle one of the most pressing questions in modern security: how do you apply identity and access management principles to agentic AI? Unlike a human employee who works business hours, an AI agent can act at any time, across any team, touching systems and data in ways that are difficult to predict. The traditional signals we've relied on no longer apply. And as these agents operate across organizational verticals, the identity and audit challenges multiply fast. Key questions explored in this clip: - How do you verify it was the right agent, taking the right action, approved by the right person? - How do you implement just-in-time authorization for systems that can make a million decisions per unit time? - How do you maintain meaningful audit logs when agents don't sleep? The core insight: the same identity and access frameworks we've built for humans can and should be applied to AI agents. The state of the art is adapting back to us, not the other way around. Worth a watch for anyone in security, compliance, or cloud infrastructure thinking through how FedRAMP requirements will evolve in an agentic AI world. Watch the full video here: https://lnkd.in/dXzTqBwB
Auditing Agentic Behavior for FedRAMP Compliance | Teleport
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We’re in San Diego for CS5 West. Getting settled in and looking forward to the conversations and connections over the next couple of days. San Diego | April 16–17 #CS5West #Cybersecurity #CMMC #DIB #CyberCommunity #Networking #SanDiegoEvents
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Great article by our very own FedRAMP/CMMC guru Josh Rector
AI tools are being deployed into enterprise environments faster than most compliance programs can keep up, and that's a real problem if you're preparing for a CMMC assessment. In my latest article, written in collaboration with Teleport, I break down what assessors are actually looking for across the three domains where evidence challenges surface most: Access Control, Audit and Accountability, and Identification and Authentication. More importantly, I walk through how AI systems (e.g., agents, RAG pipelines, agentic workflows) create new evidence gaps in each of those domains that many organizations haven't fully addressed yet. Things like AI agents running under borrowed credentials, invisible audit trails for intermediate data access events, and AI tools touching CUI that aren't even documented in the SSP. If you have AI in your environment and an assessment on the horizon, this one is worth a read. https://lnkd.in/eF5J7PDE
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Heading to CS5 West next week in San Diego. Looking forward to being out there, meeting people in the space, and having some real conversations around CMMC and where things are heading. If you’ll be there, let us know. Would be good to connect in person. #CS5West #CMMC #C3PAO #RPO #RP #MSP #LCCA #CCA #CCP #NIST800171 #Cybersecurity #GovCon #SanDiego #DIB #DoD #Manufacturing #Construction #Defense #Aerospace
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🚨 CMMC isn’t just for tech — construction firms are in scope too 🚨 If you handle RFIs, submittals, or project data on DoD jobs, you could be dealing with CUI → ignore it, and you risk losing the contract. #CMMC #C3PAO #CUI #DoDContracts #GovCon #DefenseConstruction
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Had an awesome time at the Carahsoft /Hypori CMMC Accelerate Conference! Great connecting with all of our peers within this ecosystem. Hope everyone had a chance to hang out at our booth with Heycel Vera and our partners at R3 LLC. Look forward to seeing everyone @Cs5 west and CMMC Midwest Conference!
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