CMMC Compliance Starts Here — Make Cybersecurity Your Competitive Edge
CMMC Compliance Starts Here — Make Cybersecurity Your Competitive Edge Strengthen your cybersecurity, protect sensitive data, and meet DoD requirements with confidence. Our experts guide you through every step of the CMMC process—assessment, preparation, and certification. Turn compliance into a competitive advantage.
CMMC is more than compliance—it’s a commitment to cybersecurity excellence. We help organizations like yours achieve certification, safeguard critical information, and stay eligible for DoD contracts. Get the support you need from start to finish, and turn security into a strategic strength.
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Assisted Security Control Implementation
Continuous Risk & Compliance Management
Deficiencies in Your CMMC Posture May Lead to Lost Business
In today’s competitive defense contracting environment, meeting CMMC 2.0 requirements is not optional — it’s essential. Gaps or weaknesses in your cybersecurity practices can disqualify your organization from critical Department of Defense contracts, limiting your growth and revenue opportunities. Our expert-led assessments help you identify and remediate these deficiencies quickly, ensuring your security posture aligns with CMMC standards. By proactively addressing vulnerabilities, you protect sensitive data and position your business to confidently compete for and win contracts.
Prepare for CMMC Certification Using a Complete, Deficiency-Free Plan
Achieving CMMC certification requires a strategic approach that leaves no gaps in your cybersecurity defenses. Our comprehensive planning process ensures every control and requirement is addressed, helping you avoid costly deficiencies that could delay or derail your certification. With expert guidance, you’ll implement a robust, tailored plan that strengthens your security posture and positions your organization for success in the competitive DoD marketplace.
Overview of the CMMC Program
The CMMC Program aligns with the DoD’s existing information security requirements for the DIB. It is designed to enforce the protection of sensitive unclassified information shared by the Department with its contractors and subcontractors. The program provides the DoD with increased assurance that contractors and subcontractors are meeting the cybersecurity requirements for nonfederal systems processing controlled unclassified information.
Key features of the CMMC Program:
CMMC requires companies entrusted with sensitive unclassified DoD information to implement cybersecurity standards at progressively advanced levels, depending on the type and sensitivity of the information. The program also outlines the process for requiring protection of information flowed down to subcontractors.
The CMMC framework uses a tiered model with three progressive levels of cybersecurity maturity. Each level builds upon the previous, introducing more advanced practices and controls. Level 1 focuses on basic cyber hygiene, Level 2 aligns closely with NIST 800-171, and Level 3 introduces expert-level protections for highly sensitive data. This structure allows the Department of Defense to tailor cybersecurity requirements to the sensitivity of the information involved, ensuring proportional security while reducing unnecessary burden on contractors.
CMMC assessments allow the DoD to verify DIB implementation of existing cybersecurity standards.
Under CMMC 2.0, organizations must undergo assessments to verify compliance with required cybersecurity practices. Depending on the level of certification, this may involve self-assessments (Level 1) or formal third-party assessments (Level 2 and above). These evaluations ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect sensitive federal information. Accurate, documented assessments are critical—not only for certification, but also to demonstrate ongoing accountability and readiness. Failing an assessment can delay contracts and impact your eligibility for future opportunities.
DoD contractors and subcontractors handling sensitive unclassified DoD information must achieve a specific CMMC level as a condition of contract award.
CMMC compliance is enforced through Department of Defense contracts, making certification a mandatory requirement for organizations handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) or Federal Contract Information (FCI). As CMMC requirements are embedded in contract clauses, failure to comply can result in disqualification from current or future bids. Ensuring your organization meets these standards is not just about cybersecurity—it’s about business continuity. Achieving compliance enables you to remain competitive and eligible in the DoD supply chain.
CMMC 2.0 closely aligns with NIST SP 800-171 and SP 800-172, using well-established federal cybersecurity practices as the foundation for assessment and certification.
CMMC 2.0 is closely aligned with established federal cybersecurity standards, particularly NIST SP 800-171 for Level 2 and NIST SP 800-172 for Level 3. This alignment ensures that the framework is built on widely accepted best practices, making it more consistent, transparent, and achievable for organizations already familiar with NIST requirements. By basing CMMC controls on NIST standards, the Department of Defense ensures a strong, standardized approach to protecting sensitive government data across its supply chain.
CMMC 2.0 Overview
CMMC 2.0 is the next iteration of the DoD’s CMMC cybersecurity model. It streamlines requirements to three levels of cybersecurity – Foundational, Advanced, and Expert – and aligns the requirements at each level with well-known and widely accepted NIST cybersecurity standards.
Level 1 (Foundational): For companies with Federal Contract Information (FCI) only; requires 17 basic safeguarding practices.
Level 2 (Advanced): For companies with Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI); requires 110 practices from NIST SP 800-171r2.
Level 3 (Expert): For the highest priority programs with CUI; uses a subset of NIST SP 800-172.
| CMMC 2.0 Level | CONTROL Count | CERTIFICATION PATH |
|---|---|---|
| LEVEL 3 EXPERT SPECIAL CUI | LEVEL 2 ADVANCED REGULAR CUI | LEVEL 1 FOUNDATIONAL FCL |
| 206 CONTROLS 110 CUI + 61 NFO controls from NIST SP 800-171 & 35 controls from NIST SP 800-172 | 171 CONTROLS 110 CUI + 61 NFO controls from NIST SP 800-171 | 17 CONTROLS based on 15 basic cybersecurity controls from FAR 52.204-21 |
| HIGH PRIORITY ACQUISITIONS:DoD-staffed (DIBCAC) assessment every 3 years | PRIORITIZED ACQUISITIONS: CMMC-AB approved C3PAO assessment every 3 years | ANNUAL SELF-ASSESSMENT |