CUI protection
without a six-figure budget.
CMMC certification and NIST 800-171 compliance shouldn’t require a dedicated compliance department. We provide the infrastructure controls, continuous monitoring, and documentation that contracting officers and DCMA auditors expect — at a price small contractors can actually afford.
Contracting officers
want evidence, not promises.
CMMC Is No Longer Optional
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is now a contract requirement for defense contractors handling CUI. Self-attestation at Level 1 and third-party assessment at Level 2 require documented evidence of implemented security controls. Contractors who can’t demonstrate compliance lose contract eligibility — and the revenue that goes with it.
NIST 800-171 Requires 110 Controls
NIST Special Publication 800-171 specifies 110 security requirements across 14 families for protecting CUI in non-federal systems. Many of these controls — access control, system and communications protection, audit and accountability, system and information integrity — map directly to the infrastructure controls we implement. The System Security Plan and Plan of Action & Milestones that DCMA assessors review start with your hosting and email infrastructure.
Small Contractors Bear the Same Requirements
A five-person subcontractor handling CUI faces the same NIST 800-171 requirements as a major defense prime. But they don’t have the same budget, the same compliance staff, or the same infrastructure team. Most can’t afford a $150,000 CMMC remediation engagement. They need infrastructure that’s already compliant — and documentation that proves it.
Infrastructure controls mapped to
NIST 800-171 families.
Our sixteen security checks address controls across multiple NIST 800-171 requirement families, providing documented evidence for your SSP.
Encrypted data transmission for CUI in transit (SC-8, SC-13). MTA-STS enforces encrypted email channels. Enhanced TLS ensures FIPS-validated cryptography. SSL/TLS with HSTS prevents protocol downgrade attacks on web communications.
Complete container isolation enforces system boundary protection (AC-4). Security headers implement information flow enforcement. No shared infrastructure means no unauthorized access paths between systems.
Authenticates all email communications from your domain (IA-3). SPF validates authorized sending servers. DKIM provides cryptographic message integrity. DMARC at enforcement prevents unauthorized domain usage.
Daily sixteen-check monitoring creates auditable security records (AU-2, AU-3). TLS-RPT provides email transmission audit logs. All configuration changes and security events are logged and available for DCMA assessment review.
Cryptographic DNS validation prevents information integrity attacks (SI-7). RPKI prevents routing-level hijacking. Continuous website scanning detects unauthorized modifications, malware injection, and configuration drift.
We provide documented evidence of implemented controls formatted for System Security Plans and POA&M entries. Assessors can verify our controls independently through our sixteen-check scan results.
Defense subcontractor, 22 employees.
CMMC Level 1 self-attestation in 14 days.
A 22-employee defense subcontractor handling CUI for a prime contractor needed to complete CMMC Level 1 self-attestation to maintain contract eligibility. Their existing infrastructure was on consumer-grade shared hosting with no email authentication, no DNSSEC, and no documentation of security controls. A compliance consultant quoted $85,000 for a remediation engagement.
We migrated their infrastructure to isolated hosting, deployed the complete email authentication and encryption stack, implemented DNSSEC and RPKI, configured security headers, and established continuous sixteen-check monitoring. We generated control documentation mapped to each applicable NIST 800-171 requirement family, formatted for SSP inclusion and assessor review.
The contractor completed CMMC Level 1 self-attestation within 14 days of migration. Infrastructure-related controls were documented with verifiable evidence. The prime contractor’s compliance team verified the controls independently using our public sixteen-check scan. Total cost was a fraction of the quoted remediation engagement — and the controls are maintained continuously, not just assessed once.
Regulations that apply
to your contracts.
110 security requirements across 14 families for protecting controlled unclassified information in non-federal systems and organizations.
Tiered certification model requiring self-attestation (Level 1) or third-party assessment (Level 2) for defense contractors.
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement clause requiring adequate security for CUI and cyber incident reporting within 72 hours.
Federal authorization framework for cloud service providers. Our infrastructure aligns with FedRAMP control baselines for contractors requiring cloud compliance.
CUI deserves
NIST-grade infrastructure.
Tell us your domain and your contract requirements. We’ll run the sixteen checks, map findings to NIST 800-171 families, and show you the fastest path to compliance.