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// COMPLIANCE CORNER · CMMC & ITAR

Your CUI and ITAR drives
leave the building.
Your chain of custody
leaves with them.

// CMMC REFERENCES NIST MEDIA SANITIZATION STANDARDS FOR DISPOSAL & REUSE
// CUI AND ITAR-REGULATED DEVICES FACE INCREASED SCRUTINY ON HOW THEY'RE DESTROYED
// EVERY DEVICE TRANSPORTED OFFSITE IS CUSTODY YOU CAN'T SEE
// QUICK PRIMER

Three acronyms. One obligation.

CMMC
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification

The Department of Defense framework that verifies contractors meet required cybersecurity standards — rooted in NIST SP 800-171 — before they handle sensitive government data.

CUI
Controlled Unclassified Information

Government information that isn't classified, but must still be safeguarded by law, regulation, or policy — and securely destroyed once it's no longer needed.

ITAR
International Traffic in Arms Regulations

U.S. regulations governing defense-related technical data on the Munitions List — including how it is stored, shared, and destroyed.

// Each one governs the data living on your drives — and requires it be sanitized or destroyed to standard before any device is retired.
// REGULATORY UPDATE · 2025 – 2026

The rules just grew teeth.

NOV 10, 2025
CMMC enforcement is live

The 48 CFR final rule took effect, embedding DFARS clause 252.204-7021 into new DoD contracts. CMMC is now a condition of award — the era of self-attestation is closing.

NOV 10, 2026
Level 2 certification kicks in

Phase 2 brings third-party (C3PAO) certification for contractors handling CUI.

NIST 800-171 · MP.3.8.3
Destroy media to standard

Reinforced by the 2025 update to NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2, CUI-bearing media must be sanitized or destroyed before disposal — overwrite-only methods no longer satisfy the practice.

// With certification deadlines closing in, defense, aerospace, and manufacturing firms are pulling destruction on-site — short custody, immediate evidence, cleaner audits.

What if your data never left your facility alive?

// CYBERCRUNCH

That's where we come in.

On-site data destruction for CMMC and ITAR compliance — your media destroyed at your facility, before it can ever leave.

// HOW ON-SITE DESTRUCTION WORKS

Four steps. Nothing leaves.

01 / MOBILIZE

We come to your site

Our team mobilizes to your facility — nationwide. No data-bearing devices ever enter transit.

02 / VERIFY

Serialized, witnessed intake

Every device scanned and logged. Chain of custody stays under your roof and in your sight.

03 / DESTROY

Shred on-site

NAID AAA processes and NIST 800-88 aligned destruction — performed at your location.

04 / CERTIFY

Documentation on the spot

Immediate documentation provided — before our team leaves.

// WHAT YOUR COMPLIANCE TEAM GETS

Smaller attack surface. Audit-ready proof.

01

Shrink the attack surface. Close the custody gap.

When media is destroyed before it ever moves, there's no transit window to defend and no third-party hop to document. The chain of custody stays short, witnessed, and entirely yours.

// NO OFFSITE TRANSPORT · NO BLIND SPOTS · DEFENSIBLE BY DESIGN
02

Evidence for every audit. One vendor to govern.

Immediate certificates and serialized records hand your assessors a clean paper trail — while consolidating destruction under one certified vendor simplifies oversight and compliance reporting.

// CMMC · ITAR · NIST 800-88 · NAID AAA
// WHAT EVERY ON-SITE ENGAGEMENT DELIVERS

Destroyed in place. Documented on the spot.

0%
Chain of custody maintained — on your site
// SERIALIZED · WITNESSED · DOCUMENTED
0
Data-bearing devices left intact
// DESTROYED IN PLACE
// DOCUMENTED ON THE SPOT
NIST 800-0
Media sanitization standard alignment
// NAID AAA PROCESSES
// CYBERCRUNCH ON-SITE DATA DESTRUCTION

Destroy it in place. Prove it on paper.

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AT YOUR LOCATION · ANYWHERE IN THE CONTINENTAL US · NAID AAA · NIST 800-88

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CMMC is driving demand for on-site drive destruction. CyberCrunch provides nationwide NAID AAA, NIST 800-88-aligned destruction for CUI and ITAR-regulated media — destroyed at your facility, before it can leave.

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Full transcript · CMMC & ITAR: On-Site Data Destruction

When your CUI and ITAR drives leave the building, your chain of custody leaves with them. CMMC references NIST media-sanitization standards for disposal and reuse, CUI and ITAR-regulated devices face increased scrutiny on how they're destroyed, and every device transported offsite is custody you can't see.

Three acronyms define one obligation. CMMC is the Department of Defense framework, rooted in NIST SP 800-171, that verifies contractors meet required cybersecurity standards before handling sensitive government data. CUI is Controlled Unclassified Information — unclassified but legally protected, and must be securely destroyed once no longer needed. ITAR governs defense-related technical data on the Munitions List, including how it's stored, shared, and destroyed. Each governs the data on your drives and requires it be sanitized or destroyed to standard before any device is retired.

The rules now have teeth. The 48 CFR final rule took effect November 10, 2025, embedding DFARS clause 252.204-7021 into new DoD contracts, so CMMC is now a condition of award. Level 2 third-party (C3PAO) certification follows for contractors handling CUI, and the 2025 update to NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 reinforces that overwrite-only methods no longer satisfy the practice. With deadlines closing in, defense, aerospace, and manufacturing firms are pulling destruction on-site for short custody, immediate evidence, and cleaner audits.

CyberCrunch performs on-site data destruction for CMMC and ITAR compliance in four steps, with nothing leaving: a team mobilizes to your facility nationwide so no data-bearing devices enter transit; every device is scanned and logged in serialized, witnessed intake; media is shredded on-site under NAID AAA processes and NIST 800-88-aligned destruction; and documentation is provided on the spot before the team leaves. Destroying media before it ever moves closes the custody gap and hands your assessors a clean, defensible paper trail.

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