CMMC readiness roadmap.

What this engagement produces

The Readiness Roadmap is a fixed-fee, fixed-scope, four-week engagement. By the end of it you will have:

• A documented map of where Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) live in your environment.
• A confirmed assessment level (CMMC Level 1, Level 2, or both, depending on your contract obligations).
• A control-by-control posture summary against the relevant NIST SP 800-171 family.
• A prioritized remediation plan with sequencing, dependencies, and rough order-of-magnitude cost estimates.
• A timeline that aligns to your contract deadlines and any anticipated DoD assessment windows.
• An executive briefing document suitable for sharing with your leadership team or board.

The Readiness Roadmap is not a sales pitch in disguise. It is a working document you should be able to act on, with or without us.

Who this is for

This engagement is designed for small and mid-size defense industrial base contractors who have one or more of the following:

• An active or pending DoD contract with CMMC clauses (particularly DFARS 252.204-7012, 7019, 7020, and 7021).
• A request from a prime contractor for evidence of CMMC compliance posture.
• A self-assessment score in SPRS that is out of date, low, or unverified.
• A general awareness that CMMC is coming and a need to understand the implications before spending heavily on remediation.

How we work

Week 1 — Scoping & document review

We begin by understanding your business: contract types, CUI flows, IT environment, current security stack, and existing documentation. We review your DFARS attestations, current SSP if one exists, and any prior assessment artifacts. This week is conducted primarily through document exchange and a single working session.

Week 2 — Technical and process diagnostic

A combination of interviews with key personnel (IT, operations, contracts), a sampled technical review of your environment, and a posture assessment against the relevant CMMC practices. We do not run intrusive scans during this phase; the goal is to establish where you stand, not to disrupt operations.

Week 3 — Analysis & sequencing

We analyze findings, identify dependencies, and build the remediation plan. This is the week where the deliverable takes shape. We prioritize based on assessor weighting, cost-effectiveness, and your contract timeline rather than alphabetical control order.

Week 4 — Briefing & handoff

Final deliverable presented in a working session with your leadership and IT team. Documents delivered. Next steps identified. You leave with everything you need to act, whether that means engaging us further, working with your MSP, or building an internal program.

What it costs

The Readiness Roadmap is fixed-fee. Pricing depends primarily on the size and complexity of your environment, but for most small and mid-size DIB contractors the engagement falls within a predictable range that we will quote in writing during the scoping call. There are no hourly meters, no scope-creep surprises, and no contingency fees.

Why we built it this way

Most CMMC consulting begins with an open-ended discovery phase that meters into a much larger remediation engagement. The economics favor the consultant, not the contractor. We have done it the other way: a fixed deliverable with a clear endpoint, priced so that you can hire us once and never again if that is what serves you.

If we are right for the work that follows, we will earn it on the merits of this engagement.