CMMC Level 2 Consulting for Small Manufacturers

You've been winning DoD contracts for years. You make precision parts, assemblies, components -- the things that keep defense programs running. Now you're hearing that you need CMMC Level 2 to keep bidding. Maybe your prime just told you. Maybe you saw it in a new RFP. Maybe you've been reading about DFARS 252.204-7021 and realized this is real.

Here's the problem: you're a manufacturer, not a cybersecurity company. You make parts, not policies. You don't have a CISO. You might not even have a dedicated IT person. But DFARS doesn't care -- if you handle Controlled Unclassified Information, you need to prove it's protected. All 110 security controls in NIST 800-171. Documented. Implemented. Verified by a third-party assessor.

That's where we come in. We're a CMMC consulting firm that works exclusively with small defense contractors and manufacturers. Not Fortune 500 primes. Not IT companies. Small shops like yours, with 10 to 100 employees, real contracts, and a real deadline to get compliant.

We built this practice around a very specific type of company. If the following sounds like you, we're the right fit:

• Small defense manufacturers and machine shops with 10 to 100 employees. You've got a shop floor, an office, and a small team. You're not an enterprise -- and you don't need enterprise-level complexity or pricing.
• Companies with active DoD contracts that include DFARS 7012 or 7021 clauses. You're already in the defense supply chain. You have contractual obligations to protect CUI, and you know that's about to be verified.
• Companies handling CUI, especially Controlled Technical Information with ITAR implications. You receive technical data packages, drawings, and specifications that carry CUI markings. Some of that data may also be ITAR-controlled, which adds another layer of requirements.
• Companies that use (or need to migrate to) Microsoft 365 GCC High. You know you need a government-compliant email and collaboration platform. You may have already purchased licenses but haven't migrated yet.
• Companies where the owner is the decision maker, not a CISO or IT director. You're the one who signs the contracts, and you're the one who needs to understand what compliance actually requires -- in plain English, not security jargon.
• Companies that have been self-attesting on SPRS but know they have gaps. You posted a score because you were told to. But you know that if someone actually looked at your environment, the score wouldn't hold up. That's a liability issue, and it's fixable.

If you're not sure whether CMMC Level 2 applies to you, or you're weighing whether to handle this in-house or hire a consultant, we're happy to talk through it on a free scoping call. No commitment, no hard sell.

Every manufacturer is in a different place. Some just need to know where they stand. Some need the full project handled for them. Some need an ongoing partner. We've structured our services around those three realities.

Not sure which tier is right? That's what the scoping call is for. We'll ask about your contracts, your current setup, and your timeline, and we'll tell you exactly what you need. We also publish transparent pricing so you know what to expect before we ever get on a call.

No matter which tier you choose, the process follows the same path. Here's what working with us looks like, step by step:

There are a lot of CMMC consultants. Most of them built their practices around large defense contractors with dedicated IT departments and six-figure security budgets. That's not who we work with, and it shows in how we operate.

We only work with small defense contractors and manufacturers

This isn't a sideline. We don't have an enterprise division that gets the A-team while you get the junior associate. Every process, every tool, every pricing model is built around companies with 10 to 100 employees. When you call us, you're talking to someone who has done this for shops exactly like yours -- not someone adapting a Fortune 500 playbook on the fly.

We build enclaves to reduce your scope and cost

If only a portion of your team handles CUI, we don't make you secure your entire company. We design an enclave -- a segmented environment where CUI lives -- and scope your CMMC assessment to that boundary. For a shop with 40 employees where 8 people touch CUI, this is the difference between a $200K project and a $50-80K one. Same certification. Dramatically different cost.

We handle the GCC High migration

Migrating to Microsoft 365 GCC High is the single most disruptive part of the compliance process for most small manufacturers. New email, new SharePoint, new Teams -- and you can't afford a week of downtime. We've built our migration process around minimizing disruption. Your team keeps working while we move things over in a controlled sequence.

We write your SSP, policies, and procedures

Not templates. Not "fill in the blank" documents you download from the internet. We write your System Security Plan, your incident response procedures, your access control policies, and every other document your assessor will review -- and we write them for your specific environment. When the assessor asks a question about your SSP, the answer matches what's actually running in your systems.

We're transparent about pricing

Check our pricing page. We publish real numbers. No "contact us for a custom quote" runaround where you end up on a sales call before you even know the ballpark. You'll know what this costs before you ever talk to us. And if it doesn't fit your budget, we'll tell you that honestly instead of trying to upsell you.