Mara felt the tension shift from panic to due diligence .

“We’re keeping Globalscape,” she said.

That night, Mara wrote her final evaluation memo to the CEO. Subject:

“But we’re upgrading to the CMMC module,” she added, sliding a project plan across the desk. “And you’re the owner of control AU.L2-3.3.6. Congratulations. You now have a weekly calendar invite to review login failures, file hash mismatches, and admin privilege escalations.”

Priya pulled up a second document: a 32-page Globalscape CMMC SSP Mapping Guide .

“The real cost isn’t the software,” Priya admitted. “It’s the process . CMMC requires you to prove you review those logs weekly (AU.L2-3.3.6). Globalscape can generate the report. But do you have a person signing off on it at 9 AM every Monday?”