Your L1 Self-Assessment Starts This Week (Here’s the First 30 Minutes) | Overwatch Tools Do It With a Map · Part 1 of 6 Your L1 Self-Assessment Starts This Week (Here’s the First 30 Minutes) By Rob Maupin · Founder, Overwatch Tools · Author of CMMC Level 1: A Practical Guide for Small to Medium GovCon... Continue reading

60 Days Out: The Move That’s Right No Matter What the Task Force Decides | Overwatch Tools The Self-Assessment Era · Part 6 of 6 · Series Finale 60 Days Out: The Move That’s Right No Matter What the Task Force Decides What if CMMC gets cancelled entirely? Officials didn’t rule it out. Here’s why the... Continue reading

Why “Free” Self-Assessment Costs $388,600 | Overwatch Tools The Self-Assessment Era · Part 5 of 6 Why “Free” Self-Assessment Costs $388,600 There’s no assessor to pay. So where does the money go? SBA’s own number, read correctly, is the most useful thing published all month. Published July 30, 2026. This article reflects the Department of War... Continue reading

“Select Government-Led Assessments” — The Three Words Everyone Skipped | Overwatch Tools The Self-Assessment Era · Part 4 of 6 “Select Government-Led Assessments” — The Three Words Everyone Skipped The Department didn’t remove assessment. It removed the third party from assessment. And that changes what your documentation has to do. Published July 27, 2026. This article... Continue reading

L1/L2 Self-Assessment Is Now the Only Path — And It Was Never the Lesser One | Overwatch Tools The Self-Assessment Era · Part 3 of 6 L1/L2 Self-Assessment Is Now the Only Path — And It Was Never the Lesser One The expensive, capacity-constrained pathway is suspended. The one small businesses were always capable of walking... Continue reading

The Audit Went Away. The Obligation Didn’t. What Still Binds Defense Contractors After the CMMC Suspension | Overwatch Tools The Self-Assessment Era · Part 2 of 6 The Audit Went Away. The Obligation Didn’t. CMMC Phase II is suspended. Your legal and contractual duty to protect federal data is not. Here’s the calm, plain-English list of... Continue reading

The Audit Went Away. The Obligation Didn’t. | Overwatch Tools The Self-Assessment Era · Part 2 of 6 The 3rd Party Audit Went Away. The Obligation Didn’t. CMMC Phase II is suspended. DFARS 252.204-7012 is not. Here’s a calm, complete walk through everything that still binds a defense contractor today — because we’d rather you hear... Continue reading

CMMC Phase II Is Suspended: What Actually Changed — and the Opportunity It Creates | Overwatch Tools Breaking · Industry Update CMMC Phase II Is Suspended. Here’s What Actually Changed — and the Opportunity It Creates. The third-party audits are off the table. Your self-assessment obligation is not. For small defense contractors, this is the most... Continue reading

The Whole Toolkit at a Glance: Everything You Didn’t Know Was Included | Overwatch Tools The Toolkit Series · Part 6 of 6 The Whole Toolkit at a Glance: Everything You Didn’t Know Was Included Over the last six pieces, we opened the box one deliverable at a time. Here’s all of it — both packages,... Continue reading