Share this article Share this article EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The CMMC Academy, an initiative of Celerium Inc., today announced the launch of its NIST 800-171 Q&A website, which was created to help suppliers to the U.S. Department of Defense get answers to common questions about NIST 171 standards, and the DoD assessment methodology that went into effect as of November 30, 2020. The recent DFARS rule update from the U.S. Department of Defense has a major emphasis on NIST 800-171. Defense contractors will need to provide a NIST 800-171 self-assessment and upload it to the SPRS site in order to be eligible for future contracts or to execute options on existing contracts.