The hardest certification bars
in the industry.
Six service pillars. From classified network accreditation to turnkey CUI-ready IT infrastructure to commercial SOC 2 Type II. Each pillar is delivered end-to-end (design, implementation, documentation, evidence, assessment support) by a team with authorship-level knowledge of the standards.
Turnkey compliant infrastructure.
You won a contract with a security clause and you do not have an IT department yet. We build the whole thing (laptops, accounts, network, cloud, monitoring, and a walled-off environment for the government’s sensitive data) so it passes an assessment the first time instead of being rebuilt in six months. For startups taking their first federal work, and for firms opening a facility that will handle controlled data.
Greenfield IT is the moment where most compliance programs are made or broken. A startup that wires up its infrastructure without CMMC or SOC 2 in mind spends the next six months retrofitting. A commercial firm that opens a new facility without CUI segmentation designed in ends up with a scope-sprawl problem that the first assessor flags immediately. Getting the foundation right is cheaper than fixing it, usually by a wide margin.
We handle the full stack. Network architecture (wired, wireless, VPN, CUI-segmented VLANs). Identity and access management (Active Directory, Entra ID, SSO, MFA, privileged access). Endpoint deployment (Intune, JAMF, EDR/MDR across all workstations). Cloud tenant setup in Azure GovCloud, GCC High, or AWS US Gov depending on workload class. Email and productivity with compliance licensing. Centralized SIEM with retention tuned to 800-171 and CMMC expectations. Backup and DR. Physical security integration (badges, cameras, access control) via trusted subcontractors. Low-voltage cabling and rack install. Optional help desk and L1 support.
We don't vanish after cable-pulling. Typical engagements include a three-to-six-month operating period where we run the environment while your internal IT and security team comes online, then hand off with full documentation and runbooks, or continue as a managed retainer if that is the better fit.
Level 1, 2, and 3 Certification
End-to-end support for defense contractors handling Federal Contract Information (FCI) or Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Our team worked on the CMMC standard at the Department of Defense in 2019.
On July 13, 2026 the Department of War CIO suspended the CMMC Phase 2 transition and held all pending CMMC implementation milestones in abeyance pending a 60-day review. During the suspension, program managers may designate only Level 1 (Self) or Level 2 (Self) assessments, not Level 2 (C3PAO) or Level 3 (DIBCAC), and solicitations carrying those requirements are being amended to remove them.
What did not change is the part that carries actual legal exposure. DFARS 252.204-7012 safeguarding and 72-hour incident reporting remain explicitly in effect. NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 is still enforced through self-assessment. And False Claims Act liability still attaches to the SPRS score you affirmed — no breach required, no assessor needed. The certification event paused; the obligations did not.
That makes this an unusually good window. The deadline pressure is off, C3PAO scarcity is no longer the binding constraint, and the work can be done properly rather than compressed. We design the compliance architecture, build the technical controls, author the policy library, produce assessor-grade evidence, and train the internal team, so that whatever the reform review produces, you are ready for it rather than reacting to it.
Cloud Authorization
For cloud service providers serving federal agencies and the Department of Defense. FedRAMP is the federal-wide baseline; the DoD Cloud Computing SRG layers DoD-specific controls on top for workloads handling CUI and mission-critical data.
FedRAMP changed more in 2026 than in the prior five years. On May 4, 2026 'Authorization' became 'Certification', and CR26 introduced Certification Classes A through D. The classes are not the impact levels renamed. FedRAMP says so directly: agencies should not treat them as one-for-one replacements for Low, Moderate, or High, and there is no direct correlation between the two. A class describes how much assurance information you commit to supplying; FIPS 199 categorization still describes the data, agencies are still required to perform it, and FedRAMP is emphatic that a class is not a statement about how secure a service is. The classes also arrive on their own schedule — the Class A pipeline opened August 3, 2026, Classes B and C on August 31, and Class D is piloting late in the year for formal availability in early 2027.
CR26 itself landed on June 24, 2026: one versioned, machine-readable ruleset that governs how every submission is reviewed, and it becomes mandatory for all stakeholders on January 1, 2027. New Rev 5 applications stop being accepted June 11, 2027.
Underneath CR26 sit three changes with their own clocks: the Rev 5 baselines were rebuilt so providers now set and justify their own control parameters (NTC-0013); vulnerability management moved off flat monthly scanning to an exposure- and threat-based model that is mandatory December 7, 2026 with certifications revoked after March 7, 2027 (NTC-0014); and incident communications were rebuilt with reporting windows as tight as 15 minutes (NTC-0012).
We prepare the certification package, work with a 3PAO for independent assessment, coordinate the agency relationship, and design continuous monitoring up front rather than retrofitting it. For DoD work we sequence FedRAMP so it directly accelerates the CC SRG authorization (IL4, IL5, and IL6) with no duplicated effort.
Type I and Type II Attestation
For commercial SaaS and service providers proving security posture to enterprise buyers, without handing the outcome to a dashboard.
SOC 2 is attested against the AICPA Trust Services Criteria: Security (required), Availability, Confidentiality, Processing Integrity, and Privacy. The scope is chosen based on what your enterprise customers actually require. Most companies start with Security and Confidentiality.
Type I covers the design of controls at a point in time, useful to signal commitment and unblock a deal. Type II covers operating effectiveness over a period, usually six to twelve months, and is what enterprise customers actually want to see. Most clients sequence Type I first, then roll straight into the Type II observation window.
Compliance platforms handle evidence collection and auditor workflow well; they do not handle control design, architecture decisions, or gap remediation. We design the control framework, author the policy library, implement the technical controls, produce evidence for the observation period, manage the CPA firm relationship, and deliver a clean report, using platform tooling alongside the engagement where it genuinely helps.
Global ISMS Certification
For organizations with global operations or enterprise customers that specifically require ISO 27001. The management-system framework that pairs cleanly with SOC 2. It also carries into FedRAMP, but only the governance half: our overlap tool scores ISO 27001 against FedRAMP Moderate at about 40 percent, because the federal control architecture is new work either way.
ISO 27001 certification requires an operational ISMS: risk assessment methodology, Statement of Applicability, Annex A control selection, internal audit program, management review cadence, and a continuous improvement loop. It is not a point-in-time checklist; it is a management system, and certification bodies can tell the difference immediately.
We design the ISMS, select Annex A controls based on your actual risk posture, produce the required documentation, train your team to operate it, support internal audits, and manage the Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits with an accredited certification body.
Where relevant we extend into ISO 27017 (cloud-specific controls) and ISO 27018 (personal data in cloud). Clients running multi-framework programs often find ISO 27001 provides the management-system backbone that SOC 2 artifacts plug into directly. FedRAMP inherits the governance layer from that backbone — the policy patterns, the risk methodology, the operational cadences — but the NIST 800-53 baseline, the SSP format, and the 3PAO pathway are separate work, and we scope them as such.
SCIF & SAPF Accreditation
The most specialized work we do. Design, engineering, and accreditation support for classified network enclaves and secure facilities operating under U.S. Government control.
We advise defense primes building or retrofitting Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs) and Special Access Program Facilities (SAPFs). Our technical scope includes multi-enclave classified network architectures: JWICS (TS/SCI), SIPRNet (Secret), and Space Force networks including SGN (TS/SI/SAR), operating within a single facility envelope.
Our team contributes network separation strategies, rack and cabling layouts, shielding and grounding considerations, vendor-agnostic Bill of Materials development, and draft content for accreditation packages. We coordinate with your Facility Security Officer and Information System Security Manager through Authorizing Official reviews.
Our role is advisory. Final accreditation decisions rest solely with the U.S. Government Authorizing Official. We do not handle classified information under these engagements. All classified activities are performed by appropriately cleared Client personnel.
Work that spans multiple pillars.
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