Tom Conkle, CISSP, is a cybersecurity engineer with over 20 years of experience helping organizations mature and assess their cybersecurity capabilities. Tom has supported the implementation of industry standards such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), CMMC (NIST SP 800-171), FedRAMP/FISMA (NIST SP 800-53), and ISO 27001. As a CMMC Certified Professional (CCP) and a Lead CMMC Certified Assessor (CCA), he specializes in guiding organizations through the preparation process for CMMC assessments. As a CMMC Provisional Instructor (PI), he is excited to help others better understand CMMC, the requirements, and how to mature their cybersecurity capabilities in preparation for formal CMMC assessments.He has also assisted dozens of commercial and governmental organizations in mitigating risks within their cybersecurity programs using the NIST CSF and is the co-author of ISACA's guide for implementing the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Additionally, as a principal architect of the CMMI Cybermaturity Platform, he developed a self-assessment SaaS tool that helps organizations create risk-informed cybersecurity programs and track their progress.