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Costly CMMC Compliance

Small defense contractors and IT teams struggle to implement, evidence, and afford CMMC Level 2 / NIST 800-171 compliance without enterprise resources.

In their words

I wanted to ask whether there is a CMMC readiness checklist, assessment sheet, or tool that can help us track our implementation progress.

r/CMMC on Reddit

I have no visibility into timelines or next steps. I could go weeks without mentioning CMMC and nothing would move

r/CMMC on Reddit

We're aligning ourselves as well to support them with the IT support and infrastructure side, but are looking for a partner to handle the security side that does not offer IT services.

r/msp on Reddit

it feels like 80% of my time goes toward compliance

r/sysadmin on Reddit

I'd be more comfortable if someone else was handling the backups. Anyone have a VSP or other solution they'd recommend?

r/msp on Reddit

Overhauling our entire IT setup to accommodate this has been miserable and we still haven't figured it all out.

r/GovernmentContracting on Reddit

Lots of small subs are just going to quit looking at these projects.

r/estimators on Reddit

we have to meet the CMMC L2 compliance regulations which has 300 ish security controls we have to meet by September

r/it on Reddit

Never before in 15 years have I considered walking away under the crushing amount of assessment prep I have to do between rmf and cmmc projects.

r/cybersecurity on Reddit

Summit7 looks great, but the price tag is kind of nuts for our size.

r/sysadmin on Reddit

before anyone budgets a 6-12 month project, scope it: map every asset and ask whether it touches CUI or just FCI

r/govcon on Reddit

how difficult would it be to get a shop the size of ours up to standards?

r/Machinists on Reddit

Small defense contractors

Where they talk

  • r/CMMC
  • r/msp
  • r/govcon
  • r/sysadmin
  • r/it
  • r/GovernmentContracting
  • r/estimators
  • r/Machinists

Tools they use today

  • GCC High
  • PreVeil
  • Microsoft Entra
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Intune
  • SharePoint
  • SPRS
  • Google Workspace

Why those fall short

  • C3PAO costs tens of thousands; requirements unclear and moving
  • assessments still expensive; platform only helps if used
  • still manual evidence reconstruction and coordination; tool alone doesn't remove workload
  • assessors give fixed quotes without seeing environment; results vary by auditor
  • Guides explain what is assessed, not how to build, operate and maintain controls