CMMC COMPLIANCECMMC Compliance
Build a defensible CMMC program with controls, artifacts, and workflow discipline for defense contractors — from gap analysis to assessment readiness.
What CMMC 2.0 Actually Requires
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program compresses NIST SP 800-171's 110 security requirements into a pass/fail reality: if you handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) on a DoD contract, you need documented, operating controls and a current self-assessment score posted in SPRS. Level 1 covers 15 basic safeguarding requirements for Federal Contract Information. Level 2 covers the full 800-171 set — and increasingly requires certification by a C3PAO before award or option renewal.
The rule is phasing in through 2028, but primes are already flowing certification requirements down to subcontractors. Waiting for the clause to appear in your contract is the most expensive version of this program.
Where Defense Contractors Stall
Most contractors fail on evidence, not intent. The controls exist informally — patching happens, access gets revoked when someone leaves — but nothing is documented in a way an assessor can verify. Missing SSP scope, stale POA&Ms, and media encryption gaps are the usual findings that turn a readiness review into a six-month remediation project.
We build the discipline first: a System Security Plan that reflects reality, a POA&M with real dates and owners, and artifacts generated as a byproduct of work instead of reconstructed before an assessment.
Built For Assessment Day
Our readiness work mirrors how C3PAOs actually assess: document review first, then interviews, then testing. You walk into the real assessment having already survived a dry run conducted the same way — same evidence requests, same interviewer questions, same scoring methodology.
The result is a defensible SPRS score you can stand behind, a POA&M that assessors accept, and a team that answers questions without scripts.
Ready When You Are
One conversation is usually enough to scope the work, estimate the effort, and tell you honestly whether you need us at all.
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