About Belen Coleman

Belen Coleman is an experienced Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Certified Assessor and consultant who has supported over 40 U.S. Department of Defense Defense Industrial Base (DIB) contractors in understanding, preparing for, and achieving CMMC certification, successfully guiding organizations through certification. Her work focuses on aligning business operations, governance, and security tooling to enable compliance.

Belen is an experienced instructor who holds a Masters in teaching and has extensive speaking engagement experience. Her professional interests include change management, communication challenges between technical and non-technical stakeholders, and the human factors that influence the successful adoption of emerging security practices

CMMC in the EU: Joint Security Collaborations in a Global Supply Chain

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), while rooted in U.S. Department of Defence (DoD), has significant implications for European organizations that contract directly or indirectly with U.S. defence programs and beyond. The evolving compliance landscape and many security frameworks represent different yet complementary approaches to addressing cybersecurity. In her presentation, Belen will deliver on how CMMC aligns with, and differs from, existing international cybersecurity frameworks, and how they are reshaping security boundaries, responsibilities, and assurance models.