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We are a small business DoD contractor that must adhere to the same cybersecurity requirements and guidelines that you do.
We know that with the right approach, compliance is achievable even on the small business budget. Let us help your organization become compliant with the DFARS, NIST, CMMC, or HIPAA cybersecurity regulations.

Totem™ CMMC Planning Tool
Totem™ is the trusted CMMC and NIST 800-171 compliance documentation and planning solution for defense contractors and their external service providers.
Workshops
We provide an affordable online workshop geared towards Small Business DoD Contractors and their IT service providers.
Totem’s CMMC Level 1 or Level 2 Readiness Workshops will teach you the basics of the NIST SP 800-171 / CMMC cybersecurity requirements and help you build your System Security Plan (SSP), Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M), and Incident Response Plans (IRP).
If you’re ready to begin implementing the CMMC regulations, our hands-on workshops will make sure you are on the right track.

Assessments
Let Totem do more of the heavy lifting.
Our cybersecurity experts will guide your organization through a full security gap assessment against cybersecurity control sets such as the NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC Level 2 standards.
CMMC Tooling & Training Services
If you’re required to implement the NIST 800-171 or CMMC security requirements, Totem offers affordable tooling and training solutions to help you achieve compliance. Not sure where to start? Get in touch with us.
Latest News

What the heck are organization-defined parameters (ODP)?
For Department of Defense (DoD) contractors that are pursuing Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) compliance, you may have heard recent buzz of “organization-defined parameters” (ODP)

What the heck is application allowlisting in CMMC?
Federal government contractors that handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) must implement the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-171. NIST 800-171 lists

What the heck is device authentication in CMMC?
All federal government contractors handle Federal Contract Information (FCI) in some form or another. We cover the definition of FCI in a previous post, but