CMMC Compliance in Winston-Salem, NC

CMMC compliance starts with understanding where Controlled Unclassified Information lives, moves, and is processed in your Winston-Salem organization. Many defense contractors underestimate their CUI scope — CUI may exist in email attachments, file shares, engineering workstations, ERP systems, cloud storage, backup archives, and even printed documents in unlocked filing cabinets. Conversely, some companies over-scope and try to apply CMMC controls to their entire enterprise when a focused CUI enclave would be more practical and cost-effective.

For Winston-Salem manufacturers, CUI scoping often reveals that engineering drawings shared via email, purchase orders stored in ERP systems, and technical specifications saved on shared drives all contain CUI that has been flowing through the organization without proper protection. Our scoping process identifies every CUI touchpoint and helps you make informed decisions about whether to expand your scope boundary or implement data flow changes that reduce it — a decision that directly affects your compliance cost and assessment complexity.

Deliverables: CUI inventory, data flow diagrams, system categorization, CMMC scope boundary definition, asset inventory, and network boundary documentation.

We assess your Winston-Salem organization against every practice and objective required for your target CMMC level. For Level 1, this means evaluating 17 practices across 6 domains. For Level 2, we assess all 110 security requirements derived from NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 across 14 domains. Each requirement is evaluated as Met, Not Met, or Partially Met with specific findings and remediation guidance.

Our assessors bring real-world CMMC experience, understanding exactly what C3PAO assessors look for and how they evaluate evidence. This means our gap assessment findings are practical and actionable — not theoretical observations that leave your Winston-Salem team wondering what to actually do. We provide specific, implementable remediation steps for each finding, along with cost estimates and timeline projections that help you budget and plan effectively.

Deliverables: gap assessment report, compliance scorecard, findings detail with evidence, Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M), remediation roadmap with cost estimates and timelines, and executive briefing.

The System Security Plan is the foundational document for CMMC certification. It describes your information system, its boundaries, the security controls implemented, and how each NIST 800-171 requirement is satisfied. Assessors will evaluate your SSP against your actual implementation, so the document must be accurate, detailed, and reflective of your Winston-Salem operations. We develop SSPs that assessors trust because they are grounded in reality.

Deliverables: complete System Security Plan, system boundary diagrams, control implementation descriptions, personnel responsibility assignments, and annual review and update schedule.

Many Winston-Salem defense contractors have the gap assessment and the SSP but struggle with actually implementing the technical controls. We do not just tell you what to do — we do it. Our engineers implement access controls, multi-factor authentication, encryption, audit logging, SIEM, endpoint detection and response, network segmentation, media protection, CUI marking and handling procedures, and incident response capabilities.

For Winston-Salem defense contractors with limited IT staff, the technical implementation can be the most daunting part of CMMC compliance. We bridge that gap by deploying, configuring, and managing the technology controls your organization needs. Whether you need a complete infrastructure overhaul or targeted improvements to close specific gaps identified in your assessment, our team handles the implementation while your staff focuses on their core defense work.

Technical controls: FIPS 140-2 validated encryption, MFA for CUI access, SIEM with audit log retention, EDR deployment, network segmentation of CUI enclaves, privileged access management, mobile device management, removable media controls, and session management.

CMMC requires documented policies and procedures for each domain, plus security awareness training that covers CUI handling. We develop customized policies tailored to your Winston-Salem organization’s operations, train your workforce on CUI identification, marking, handling, storage, transmission, and destruction procedures, and conduct regular phishing simulations to test security awareness.

Deliverables: complete CMMC policy library, CUI handling procedures, security awareness training program, CUI marking guide, phishing simulation program, and training completion documentation.

Before your Winston-Salem organization faces a C3PAO assessor for Level 2, we conduct a comprehensive mock assessment using the same methodology and criteria. We review your SSP, verify every control implementation, interview key personnel, examine evidence artifacts, and identify any remaining gaps that could jeopardize certification. For Level 1, we prepare your self-assessment documentation and ensure the annual affirmation process is properly managed.

Deliverables: mock assessment report, evidence artifact review, interview preparation for key personnel, remaining gap identification and remediation, C3PAO selection guidance, and assessment day coordination support.