Whether the requirement comes from a DoD contract, a banking examiner, a healthcare partner, or a customer’s security questionnaire, the path is the same: understand what binds you, find the gaps, close them, and prove it. We run that path with you across CMMC, NIST 800-171, NIST CSF, GLBA, FFIEC, and HIPAA, and we build it so the compliance outcome rests on a security program that actually operates.
Who this is for
Small and medium organizations facing a framework for the first time: defense contractors and subcontractors, community banks and credit unions, healthcare practices and their business associates, colleges and K-12 districts handling regulated data, and any business whose customers have started asking hard questions. Also the teams that attempted compliance internally and stalled, and the ones whose last assessment produced findings that never quite got closed. If you are not sure which framework even applies, that is a normal starting point and the first thing we resolve.
The problem
Frameworks are written in control language, not business language. Internal teams burn months interpreting requirements, guessing at scope, and producing documentation that does not survive first contact with an assessor. Meanwhile the contract clock or the exam date keeps moving, and the quiet cost compounds: the deal that went to a certified competitor, the finding that becomes a repeat finding, the questionnaire that stalls a sale. The failure mode is almost never effort. It is effort pointed at the wrong gaps, documented the wrong way.
What is included
- Applicability and scoping analysis: which frameworks bind you, which requirements apply, and which parts of your environment are actually in scope.
- Gap assessment against the full control set, with every gap explained in business terms and ranked by assessment risk.
- A prioritized remediation roadmap with realistic timelines, clear owners, and no padding.
- Hands-on remediation support: we close the gaps with you and your IT provider, not just report them.
- Documentation that survives scrutiny: policies, plans, and evidence built the way assessors and examiners consume them.
- Pre-audit readiness reviews, so assessment day confirms what you already know.
What you walk away with
- A gap report your leadership can read, act on, and budget from.
- A remediation roadmap that survives contact with reality.
- An audit-ready documentation set mapped to your framework, in your name and your language.
- A defensible answer, on paper and in the room, when a regulator, prime, or customer asks where you stand.
FAQs
Q. We do not know which framework applies to us. Can you still help?
Yes, and this is one of the most common starting points. The first working session maps your contracts, industry, data types, and customer commitments to the frameworks that actually bind you. The honest answer is often narrower than feared, and knowing your real obligations is itself a cost-saving outcome.
Q. How long does readiness take?
It depends on your starting posture and scope. A focused gap assessment runs weeks; full remediation for a first-time program typically runs months. The roadmap gives you the honest timeline up front, and every engagement is fixed-scope, so the calendar and the cost are known before we start.
Q. Can you work with our existing IT provider?
Yes, and we usually should. Most of our clients have a managed service provider running day-to-day IT. We define the controls and documentation, coordinate the technical implementation with your MSP, and verify the result. The division of labor is clean, and your MSP usually appreciates having requirements in writing.
Q. We already failed an assessment or exam. Is that harder to fix?
Usually easier. A findings list is a head start: the gaps are named, the pressure is real, and leadership is paying attention. We triage the findings, fix them in the order that matters, and build the evidence trail that shows the examiner or assessor a program that responded.