CMMC Level 2 & NIST SP 800-171 Compliance Services

​Pragmatic, Assessor-Led Readiness Built for Lean IT Teams.

REGULATORY ALERT: The CMMC Pause

What the CMMC Phase II Suspension Means for Defense Contractors

SUMMARY
  • C3PAO third-party audits are on hold, but NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 controls and DFARS 252.204-7012 remain contractually MANDATORY.
  • Executive Liability Shift: Because external audits are paused, corporate officers must personally affirm SPRS self-assessment scores.
  • Submitting inaccurate scores triggers severe legal risk under the DOJ's False Claims Act (FCA).
  • S5 Solutions provides defensible, assessor-verified self-assessments to give your leadership total legal and operational confidence before submitting.

Free Resource

EXECUTIVE BRIEFING
Navigating the CMMC Phase II Suspension & False Claims Act Liability

Why Work With a Certified Assessor

Auditor-Level Rigor Without the Third-Party Price Tag
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  ✅  ​Assessor-Level Knowledge: We evaluate your environment against all 320+ NIST SP 800-171A testing objectives.
  ✅  Designed for Lean IT: We specialize in small- to midsize engineering, manufacturing, and technical firms with limited internal IT staff.
  ✅  No-Guesswork SPRS Scoring: We eliminate scoring assumptions so your executive team can submit scores with 100% legal confidence.

Core Services

Service Area
Scope & Deliverables
​Key Benefit
​CUI Boundary & Scoping Optimization
Identify, map, and isolate Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) assets, Security Protection Assets (SPA), and out-of-scope systems.
Shrinks your compliance footprint, dramatically reducing licensing and infrastructure costs.
VDI & Enclave Selection Support
Hands-on evaluation and implementation guidance for secure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (e.g., Penacity, GCC High) tailored to lean IT teams.
Delivers a fully tested, compliant enclave environment without overwhelming internal staff.
Shared Responsibility Matrix (SRM) & SSP
Map inherited controls from enclave/VDI vendors against internal client responsibilities and draft an assessment-ready System Security Plan (SSP).
Provides full clarity on vendor boundaries and internal operational requirements.
Defensible SPRS Self-Assessments
Thorough evidence review, gap identification, POA&M drafting, and calculation of your official SPRS score.
Protects executives from False Claims Act risks prior to signing SPRS affirmations.

Capabilities

  ✅  CMMC Level 2 & NIST SP 800-171 Readiness
  • Guiding defense suppliers through CUI scoping
  • Gap assessments
  • System Security Plan (SSP) authoring
  • POA&M remediation
  • Shared Responsibility Matrix (SRM) development
  ✅  Secure Architecture & Cloud Evaluation
  • Assessing third-party Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) vendors against CMMC/FedRAMP requirements
  • Designing secure enclave architectures
  • Enforcing identity governance (M365 / Entra ID, MFA, RBAC)
   ✅  The Assessor-Level Advantage
  • Certified CMMC Assessor (CCA)
  • Certified CMMC Professional (CCP) with a cleared Tier 3 background
  • Leverage direct insight into the CMMC Assessment Process (CAP)
  • Systematically build assessment readiness before formal assessment begins

CMMC Resource Center

Action Verbs for CMMC: The Assessor's Cheat Sheet
A visual quick-reference guide for all 14 domains based on NIST 800-171A.
The Path to CMMC Level 2: Assessment Process & Domain Roadmap
A step-by-step 4-phase roadmap detailing the assessment lifecycle.
Executive Briefing
Navigating the CMMC Phase II Suspension & False Claims Act Liability

Caroline Bedward

CMMC Consultant & Certified CMMC Assessor (CCA)
Helping Defense Contractors Achieve CMMC 2.0 Compliance
​Securing the Defense Supply Chain