The Cost of Taking on CMMC In-House
“NIST 800-171 compliance is a full-time gig,” Jacob Hill says. “It’s not something that can be done in your downtime.”
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Director of Cybersecurity
As Summit 7’s Director of Cybersecurity, Jacob uses his 17+ years of experience to lead corporate cybersecurity initiatives.
Jacob has held previous leadership and technical roles in defense contracting and government. In his previous role at a defense contractor, he led the CMMC charge by architecting and administrating the entire corporate IT infrastructure in addition to creating and managing the CMMC compliance program.
Jacob also founded GRC Academy, a training platform since acquired by Summit 7, where he developed a CMMC curriculum focused on the defense industrial base on all things NIST 800-171, DFARS, and CMMC. He also hosted the GRC Academy podcast where he interviewed leaders in the cybersecurity space such as Dr. Ron Ross (lead author of NIST 800-171), Stacy Bostjanick (DoW’s Director of CMMC), John Kindervag (creator of “Zero Trust”), and many more.
In previous roles, Jacob supported DoD programs obtaining RMF ATOs as well as serving as a contracting officer representative (COR) on the government side. He also has experience with ISO 9001, ISO 20000-1, and ISO 27001. He has also published CVEs, and his security research has been featured by cybersecurity reporter Brian Krebs and Infosecurity Magazine.
Certifications:
- CISSP-ISSEP
- Lead CMMC Certified Assessor
- CMMC Provisional Instructor
- CEH, Security+
- CySA+
- DAWIA IT L3
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