CMMC Compliance Consultant in Apex, NC

Our readiness assessment is designed specifically for Apex businesses with fifteen to one hundred employees. We evaluate your current security controls against NIST 800-171 requirements, identify which CUI categories flow through your operations, and map the specific systems and personnel that fall within the CMMC assessment boundary. You receive a SPRS-equivalent score, a gap-by-gap remediation checklist, and a realistic budget and timeline estimate that accounts for your organization's size and resources.

Unlike enterprise-focused firms that deliver hundred-page reports full of jargon, we provide actionable findings in plain language that your leadership team can immediately act on. Every gap comes with a specific, costed remediation recommendation that fits within a small contractor's operational reality.

Scope determines cost. For Apex contractors who handle CUI on a limited number of systems, we design CUI enclaves that isolate regulated data from general business operations. This approach dramatically reduces the number of systems within the CMMC assessment boundary, which in turn reduces remediation costs, ongoing compliance burden, and C3PAO assessment fees. We trace CUI data flows from receipt through processing, storage, and disposal to ensure no system that touches controlled data falls outside the enclave.

For contractors who need cloud-based CUI handling, we configure Microsoft 365 GCC High or AWS GovCloud environments that provide CMMC-compliant infrastructure without the capital expense of building and maintaining on-premises secure environments. This is particularly valuable for Apex businesses that lack dedicated server rooms or IT infrastructure teams.

The System Security Plan is the document a C3PAO assessor will use as the roadmap for your assessment. We develop SSPs that accurately describe your environment, document how each of the 110 NIST 800-171 controls is implemented in your specific systems, and identify the personnel responsible for each control area. Alongside the SSP, we create your Plan of Action and Milestones for any controls not yet fully implemented, plus the complete policy library covering access control, incident response, media protection, awareness training, and all other required domains.

For small Apex contractors who have never maintained formal security documentation, we build the entire document set from scratch. For those with existing policies that need updating, we revise and strengthen existing documentation to meet CMMC assessment standards while preserving the operational procedures your team already follows.

We do not just tell you what is missing — we fix it. Our team implements multi-factor authentication, configures endpoint detection and response, deploys SIEM and audit logging, hardens Active Directory and email configurations, establishes encrypted file transfer mechanisms, and sets up data loss prevention controls for CUI. For Apex contractors without internal IT staff, we serve as your implementation partner from start to finish, ensuring every technical control is properly configured and generating the evidence artifacts that assessors will review.

Before your C3PAO assessment, we conduct a full mock evaluation using the official CMMC Assessment Guide scoring criteria. We test every control, verify every evidence artifact, and prepare your team for the interview-based assessment process. Any deficiencies discovered during the mock are remediated before your assessment date. Our goal is simple: no Apex client goes to a C3PAO assessment unprepared, and no client fails on their first attempt. We schedule your assessment only when we are confident you will certify.

CMMC certification lasts three years, but the DoD expects continuous compliance. For small Apex contractors who cannot dedicate staff to daily compliance monitoring, PTG provides AI-powered compliance tools that automate the ongoing burden. Machine learning algorithms detect configuration drift, monitor user access patterns for policy violations, and automatically collect evidence artifacts required for your next assessment cycle. AI-driven dashboards provide your leadership team with a real-time compliance posture score without requiring a full-time compliance officer on staff.

These AI capabilities are particularly valuable for Apex businesses operating with lean teams. Instead of spending twenty hours per month on manual compliance checks, AI handles the routine monitoring while your team focuses on the defense work that generates revenue.