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The long-awaited regulatory clearance of the CMMC Rule under 48 CFR occurred on August 25, 2025, and the final version of the rule will be published in the Federal Register on September 10, 2025.
With the final version of the rule published, CMMC Level 1 and Level 2 certification requirements will now be added to all DoD contracts, RFPs or RFIs starting November 10, 2025, via the DFARS 7021 enforcement clause. CMMC requirements will now be binding, and any companies involved in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) who do not meet these assessment mandates will be disqualified from contract awards.
There is no longer any time for DIB companies to procrastinate in their CMMC compliance efforts. As a result of these developments, IT security experts strongly advise all companies involved in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) to accelerate their CMMC 2.0 compliance efforts, or they will be ineligible to participate in DoD contracts.
As of September 2025, less than 1% of companies in the DIB have achieved the necessary CMMC certifications to work on DoD contracts. With the publication of this rule, the rush to schedule a CMMC 2.0 assessment with the limited number of third-party assessors known as C3PAOs will only intensify.
The publication of CMMC Rule under 48 CFR officially begins Phase 1 of a four-part CMMC 2.0 rollout process, which will gradually become more demanding and complex for DIB companies. We recommend your organization consult immediately with an IT compliance expert, like Network Depot, who has the knowledge and experience to guide you through the challenging CMMC assessment process.
An experienced CMMC partner will quickly identify and remediate any IT security issues and assist you in achieving a successful CMMC assessment on the first attempt. Your IT compliance partner will also implement the processes and install the tools that will keep your organization in compliance.
Contact Network Depot today and learn how they can smoothly guide your company to CMMC compliance.
