CMMC Compliance

Compliance isn't a project.
It's a standing commitment.

CMMC — the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification — is a requirement for firms doing work with the Department of Defense and many federal contractors. Meeting it isn't a one-time effort. It requires ongoing attention from your leadership, your IT team, and a qualified third-party consultant working together on a consistent schedule.

What to Expect

This requires real commitment — from everyone involved.

CMMC compliance isn't something Binnacle can hand you. It's a framework your firm has to live inside. We provide the technical controls and documentation infrastructure; a certified third-party consultant guides your assessment and certification path; and your leadership team has to show up every week.

Binnacle is not a CMMC consultant or assessor. We partner with qualified C3PAOs and RPOs to support our clients through the process. Our role is to ensure the technical environment — endpoints, identity, access controls, logging, and data handling — meets the requirements your consultant is working toward. That work runs through both our Harbor and Helm teams.
Your Firm

What you're committing to

  • Weekly touchpoints with your consultant and Binnacle team
  • Reviewing and approving policy documentation
  • Completing required security awareness training
  • Enforcing access control decisions at the leadership level
  • Maintaining an accurate asset inventory as your team changes
Harbor Team

Technical controls & environment

  • Configuring and maintaining compliant endpoint security
  • Managing identity, MFA, and conditional access in Microsoft 365
  • Ensuring audit logging and monitoring are active and retained
  • Implementing data protection and encryption requirements
  • Responding to remediation items identified during assessments
Helm Team

Documentation & reporting

  • Building and maintaining your System Security Plan (SSP) data feeds
  • Automating evidence collection for ongoing compliance reporting
  • Creating dashboards that surface your compliance posture in real time
  • Supporting audit preparation with structured, exportable records
  • Tracking remediation plan progress against documented timelines
The Process

How we approach it

CMMC engagements follow a structured arc, but the work doesn't stop at certification. Maintaining your status requires continuous effort — and that's where having Binnacle embedded in your operations makes the difference.

1

Gap Assessment

Your consultant conducts an initial assessment against the CMMC level your contracts require. Binnacle evaluates your current technical environment in parallel and identifies where controls are missing, misconfigured, or undocumented.

2

Remediation

Harbor implements the technical controls identified in the gap assessment — endpoint hardening, access management, logging, encryption. Helm begins building the documentation and reporting infrastructure your SSP and POA&M will depend on.

3

Assessment & Certification

Your C3PAO conducts the formal assessment. Binnacle supports the technical review, responds to findings, and ensures documentation is complete and accessible. This phase moves faster when the prior work has been done rigorously.

4

Ongoing Maintenance

Certification isn't the finish line — it's the baseline. Weekly check-ins, continuous monitoring, policy reviews, and annual reassessments keep your firm in standing. This is where the Harbor and Helm teams operate permanently, not just during an audit cycle.

Get Started

Ready to understand what CMMC means for your firm?

Start with a Harbor consultation. We'll assess your current environment, explain what level applies to your contracts, and introduce you to a qualified consultant who can lead the certification process.

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