Compliance

CMMC Certification Readiness for Defense Contractors

Scope FCI and CUI, assess current safeguards, close NIST 800-171 gaps, organize evidence, and prepare for the CMMC requirement in your contract.

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification—CMMC—is the federal framework used to assess how defense contractors protect Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

CMMC readiness requires more than purchasing security tools. Your organization must understand assessment scope, implement applicable safeguards, document how they operate, maintain evidence, report required results in the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS), and sustain compliance as systems and suppliers change.

Infonaligy helps defense contractors and subcontractors prepare through scoping, gap assessment, technical remediation, documentation, evidence readiness, and continuing security support. Official certification or assessment status is determined by the applicable government or authorized assessment process—not by an IT provider.

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Current CMMC Status: July 2026

On July 13, 2026, the Department announced that CMMC implementation is paused in Phase I while the program undergoes review. Phase I self-assessment requirements remain in place, and existing DFARS safeguarding obligations have not disappeared.

Organizations should confirm the CMMC requirement stated in each solicitation or contract and monitor official updates.

Current assessment path	Information	Current requirement
Level 1 Self	FCI	15 FAR 52.204-21 requirements; annual self-assessment and affirmation
Level 2 Self	CUI	110 NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2 requirements; assessment every three years and annual affirmation
Independent Level 2 or Level 3	Contract-specific	Future or selected requirements depend on current program policy and the applicable solicitation

When Your Business Needs CMMC Readiness Support

You may need help if:

A prime contractor, customer, or solicitation asks about CMMC status.

Your organization handles FCI or CUI but has not mapped where it is processed, stored, or transmitted.

Your SPRS score or self-assessment is outdated or unsupported by sufficient evidence.

Your System Security Plan—SSP—does not match the operating environment.

Open Plans of Action and Milestones—POA&Ms—lack ownership or realistic completion dates.

Cloud, MSP, MSSP, or subcontractor relationships create scoping questions.

Employees use commercial file-sharing, email, remote-access, or collaboration tools for defense information.

Security policies describe controls that are not consistently implemented.

Leadership needs a prioritized remediation plan before committing to an assessment.

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What Infonaligy Provides

FCI, CUI, and Assessment-Scope Analysis

We help identify protected information, data flows, users, locations, applications, endpoints, network components, cloud services, security-protection assets, and external service providers that may affect assessment scope.

Level 1 and Level 2 Gap Assessment

Infonaligy compares the current environment with the applicable FAR or NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2 requirements. Findings distinguish implemented, partially implemented, unmet, and unsupported controls.

SSP, Evidence, and Policy Alignment

Documentation must describe the real environment. We help align system boundaries, diagrams, inventories, policies, procedures, control narratives, configurations, screenshots, logs, tickets, training records, and other evidence.

Technical Remediation

Remediation may include identity and access control, MFA, endpoint security, network segmentation, secure configuration, vulnerability management, logging, incident response, backup, encryption, remote access, Microsoft 365 governance, and CUI enclave design.

SPRS and POA&M Readiness

We help organize assessment findings, support score validation, identify permissible POA&M items, prioritize closure, and prepare leadership for required affirmations. The organization’s affirming official remains responsible for the accuracy of its submissions.

Cloud and External-Service-Provider Review

Cloud systems that process, store, or transmit CUI may require FedRAMP Moderate authorization or equivalency. MSP, MSSP, and other external-service relationships must be evaluated based on the services provided, assets involved, and current scoping rules.

Continuous Compliance Support

CMMC status depends on controls continuing to operate. Infonaligy can connect readiness work with managed security, SIEM, SOC monitoring, vulnerability management, documentation updates, change control, and recurring review.

CMMC Readiness Process

Confirm

Review contracts, information types, required level, and current official guidance.

Scope

Define systems, assets, users, providers, and data flows.

Assess

Evaluate requirements, evidence, configurations, policies, and operating practices.

Prioritize

Rank gaps by assessment impact, security risk, cost, and dependency.

Remediate

Implement controls and close documentation/evidence gaps.

Validate

Re-test requirements and confirm the SSP reflects reality.

Prepare

Organize evidence and coordinate with the appropriate assessment path.

Maintain

Monitor controls, changes, annual affirmations, suppliers, and documentation.

Why Businesses Choose Infonaligy

Defense and enterprise experience

CMMC leadership includes Steve Waters, whose background includes military intelligence and 25+ years in IT across Cisco, Verizon, Microsoft, and government cybersecurity environments.

20+ years of technology experience

Infonaligy has supported organizations since 2003.

Security-first remediation

Readiness connects directly to managed security, endpoints, identity, networks, cloud systems, backup, and incident response.

SOC capacity

Organizations can access 150+ certified security professionals, 24/7 monitoring, and an average critical response time under 14 minutes.

Practical executive guidance

Findings are translated into priorities, ownership, cost, evidence requirements, and decision-ready roadmaps.

Trusted support

Infonaligy maintains a 5.0 Google rating with 120+ Google reviews.

Frequently Asked Questions

CMMC is a federal framework for assessing whether defense contractors and subcontractors have implemented applicable safeguards for FCI and CUI.

The Department has paused implementation in Phase I while reviewing the program. Level 1 and Level 2 self-assessment requirements remain relevant, and existing DFARS safeguarding obligations continue.

Level 1 addresses basic safeguarding of FCI through 15 requirements from FAR 52.204-21, an annual self-assessment, and annual affirmation.

Level 2 addresses protection of CUI through 110 NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2 requirements. During the current phase, applicable organizations may be required to complete a Level 2 self-assessment every three years with annual affirmation.

FCI is nonpublic information generated for or provided under a federal contract. CUI requires safeguarding or dissemination controls under government-wide policy and generally creates more extensive cybersecurity obligations.

A System Security Plan describes the system boundary, environment, applicable requirements, and how security controls are implemented. It should match actual technology and operating practices.

No. Level 1 does not permit POA&Ms, and Level 2 permits them only under defined conditions. High-priority requirements and minimum scores affect eligibility.

No. Infonaligy helps with readiness, remediation, documentation, and evidence. Official status is determined through the applicable self-assessment, government, or authorized independent-assessment process.

They can. Applicability depends on whether their services process, store, transmit, secure, or administer in-scope information and assets. Cloud services handling CUI are subject to specific requirements.

No. Contractors should follow current contract requirements, protect FCI and CUI, maintain required DFARS safeguards, assess gaps, and monitor official program updates.

Prepare for CMMC with Evidence, Not Assumptions

Clarify your scope, validate current safeguards, close critical gaps, and build documentation that reflects how your environment actually operates.

Start with a complimentary assessment. Comparable strategic reviews can be valued at up to $25,000.

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