Security and compliance
10 CUI and NIST 800-171 experts
These ten professionals have worked on CUI protection and NIST 800-171 compliance as in-house compliance leads at defense contractors, CMMC assessors and consultants. A reader can learn how practitioners approach CUI and NIST 800-171 compliance from people who have done the work.
Professionals to explore
01—10Beth Moll
LinkedInExperience: CMMC assessments & implementation support for OSAs, OSCs, RPOs, MSPs, MSSPs & C3PAOs · Moll & Associates
Provides CMMC assessments and implementation support at Moll & Associates since 2024, after leading its governance, risk, compliance and audit team (2021-2024). Former Principal Consultant, Cybersecurity and CMMC Services at The Enterprise Security Consultants (2021). The profile describes over 20 years leading information security and privacy programs.
Christopher Carter
LinkedInExperience: Senior CMMC Assessor · ControlCase
Senior CMMC Assessor at ControlCase since 2026, after working as a CMMC lead assessor and consultant at Efflux Cyber Solutions (2025-2026). The profile describes leading CMMC Level 2 certification assessments for small and mid-sized defense industrial base organizations and validating all 110 NIST SP 800-171 practices. He also held cybersecurity roles with the U.S. Air Force from 2015 to 2026.
Jarrod Peterson
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Manager Enterprise Risk · General Dynamics Mission Systems
Sr. Manager, Enterprise Risk at General Dynamics Mission Systems since 2022, after serving there as IT Cybersecurity Manager (2014-2022) and Information System Security Manager (2004-2014). The profile describes directing a CMMC Level 2 certification from gap assessment through third-party assessment and maintaining NIST SP 800-171 compliance.
Josh Barnhart
LinkedInExperience: GRC Analyst & Principal CMMC Consultant · Highground Cyber
Former GRC Analyst and Principal CMMC Consultant at Highground Cyber (2024-2025), after serving there as Jr. GRC Analyst (2019-2024); Compliance Analyst at ISI since 2025. The profile describes five years as a NIST SP 800-171 consultant helping defense industrial base organizations work toward CMMC certification.
Laurance Frost Jr.
LinkedInExperience: VP IT Leading CMMC Compliance, IT Security, and IT Network & Infrastructure · Sanmina
VP IT at Sanmina since 2025, leading CMMC compliance, IT security and network infrastructure; he also lists a current Sr. IT Director role with the same scope dating from 2022. He has worked at Sanmina since 1998. The profile describes him as a project specialist in NIST 800-171, DFARS and CMMC.
Leslie Wieder
LinkedInExperience: DFARS CMMC Cybersecurity Program · Boeing
Works on the DFARS and CMMC cybersecurity program at Boeing since 2020. The profile says she executed multi-factor authentication compliance under NIST 800-171 control 3.5.3 for about 10,000 customers working directly with the Department of Defense and built repeatable onboarding processes. Earlier IT business relationship and management roles at Boeing from 2006.
Michael Shane Burton
LinkedInExperience: Senior Cybersecurity and Information Technology Infrastructure Engineer · NOBLE
Senior Cybersecurity and IT Infrastructure Engineer at NOBLE since 2015. The profile describes executing technical compliance work that reached a 110 SPRS score for NIST SP 800-171 for federal and defense supply contracts, and deploying data encryption to protect controlled unclassified information.
Mike Dunosky
LinkedInExperience: Senior NIST CMMC Compliance Consultant · Kforce Inc
Senior NIST CMMC Compliance Consultant at Kforce since 2026, where the profile describes supporting CMMC Level 2 readiness and pre-assessment work by validating NIST SP 800-171 controls and running asset discovery. Former Lead Consultant at LevelBlue (2024-2025) and AT&T Cybersecurity (2017-2024).
Misty Newsome
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager, Security Governance · Battelle
Senior Manager, Security Governance at Battelle since 2025; she was also Manager, Governance, Risk, and Compliance there (2021-2025). The profile describes leading analysts on NIST 800-171 and 800-53 compliance, helping establish a CMMC Level 2 enclave for Department of Defense CUI projects and directing a team through a DIBCAC assessment.
Rachel Bassford
LinkedInExperience: CUI Consultant · DEFCERT
Former CUI Consultant at DEFCERT (2025-2026) and former CMMC Compliance Specialist and Facility Security Officer at EMCOR (2023-2025); Founder and CEO of InfoCompli since 2026. The profile describes policy development, implementation and ongoing compliance monitoring for NIST SP 800-171 and related DFARS requirements.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide where a CUI boundary should sit inside a company's systems?
- 02What tends to slow a contractor down most when preparing for a CMMC Level 2 assessment?
- 03How do in-house teams keep NIST 800-171 controls in place after an assessment is done?
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