Defense Industry Security Program
Comprehensive security assessment and compliance program for defense contractors and military industrial complex, focusing on CMMC, NIST 800-171, and classified information handling.
In scope
- CMMC compliance assessment
- Classified information handling review
- Supply chain security evaluation
- Physical security assessment
- Insider threat program evaluation
You receive
- Defense security architecture
- CMMC readiness report
- Classified data handling procedures
- Supply chain risk analysis
- Security program documentation
Tiers
Choose the depth.
Entry — market-sized scope
$12.5K
CMMC Level 2 / NIST SP 800-171 gap assessment of 1 enclave at 1 location, up to 50 employees: all 110 requirements scored from interviews and document review, with a gap report and a draft plan of action. No documentation writing.
- employees
- 50
- Sites
- 1
- Assessment of the 110 NIST SP 800-171 requirements
- Scoping of the CUI boundary for 1 enclave
- Scored gap report
- Draft plan of action and milestones
- Readout call
- — System Security Plan or policy writing
- — Supply chain, physical security and insider threat reviews
- — Control implementation
- — Level 3 preparation
Core Defense Security Assessment
$85K
CMMC Level 1-2 readiness for up to 250 employees, up to 2 locations and up to 10 suppliers: gap assessment, System Security Plan and policy set, review of classified / controlled information handling, physical security assessment of each site and supply chain risk analysis.
- employees
- 250
- Sites
- 2
- vendors
- 10
- CMMC Level 1-2 gap assessment and readiness report
- System Security Plan and policy documentation
- Classified / controlled information handling procedures
- Physical security assessment of up to 2 sites
- Supply chain risk analysis for up to 10 suppliers
- — CMMC Level 3 preparation
- — Insider threat program evaluation
- — Hands-on control implementation
- — The certification assessment itself
Advanced Defense Security Program
$150K
CMMC Level 2 with third-party (C3PAO) assessment preparation: remediation oversight, evidence library and a mock assessment, plus supply-chain flow-down review.
- employees
- 1000
- Sites
- 5
- vendors
- 25
- — Program management of the full implementation
- — Mock assessment before certification
- — The certification assessment itself
Enterprise Defense Security Solution
$250K
CMMC Level 3 preparation (NIST SP 800-172 enhanced requirements, DIBCAC-assessed) and multi-enclave program management. CMMC 2.0 has three levels; there is no Level 4 or 5.
- employees
- 5000
- Sites
- 15
- vendors
- 75
- — The certification assessment itself (performed by an independent assessor)
- — Facility clearance sponsorship
- — Purchase of security tooling
- — Managed security operations
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What's inside this engagement
Phase by phase.
How a readiness & governance assessment engagement runs, what happens in each phase and what you see. Exact scope, tier and timeline are fixed in your proposal and SOW.
01Scoping & framework selection
The standard or regulation, the systems and the business units in scope are fixed.
You see · Your audit or regulatory driver.
02Evidence collection & interviews
Policies, configurations and records reviewed; control owners interviewed.
You see · Documents and time with control owners.
03Gap analysis
Each requirement mapped to current state: met, partial or missing, with the evidence behind it.
You see · A clear gap register.
04Roadmap & evidence plan
Prioritized remediation with owners, and the evidence an auditor will ask for.
You see · A plan you can execute or hand to us.
Commercials
From first call to final report.
- 01
Scoping call
A practitioner, not a salesperson, walks through targets, constraints and what a good outcome looks like for you.
- 02
Proposal & rules of engagement
A fixed-scope proposal with tier, price and deliverables. Rules of engagement, contacts and out-of-bounds systems are agreed in writing.
- 03
Sign, then start
MSA and SOW are signed electronically and the deposit is paid. Only then does testing begin.
- 04
Execution
Testing runs to the agreed plan. Critical findings are escalated as they are found; you don't wait for the report.
- 05
Report & debrief
An executive summary plus technical findings with evidence, reproduction steps and fixes, walked through with your team.
- 06
Retest
Where the tier includes it, we verify your fixes and reissue the report, so auditors and customers see the issues closed.
Timelines are set per engagement in the SOW.
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