It's not a difficult or even impossible feat to become CNS cleared again, it's just companies either don't care or don't want to spend the cash to do it.
I beg to differ, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion, base on his or her own experience.
I know several CEO's that produce respectable revenues that have never done a Reg D 504 and they are all having a heck of a time with DTCC and the cost is enormous