From Where You Are Today to
CMMC Certified.
Whether you have a technology stack in place or you're starting from scratch, Stehrling builds the compliance program that gets your organization through a certified third-party assessment. On the first attempt.
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CMMC has two halves. Most organizations are missing one or both.
CMMC Level 2 has 110 controls. Technical solutions, cloud platforms, managed security services, enclaves, address roughly half of them. The other half cannot be configured, deployed, or purchased. They require your organization to change how it operates.
- Access control configuration
- Encryption and endpoint protection
- Network monitoring and logging
- Multi-factor authentication
- Backup and recovery infrastructure
- Written policies and documented procedures
- Asset management and change control processes
- Security awareness training and accountability
- Incident response planning and execution
- Budget governance and risk management
- CUI handling behaviors across the organization
An enclave will never solve this.
Enclaves are often sold as the fast track to CMMC. They isolate your CUI environment, and that matters. But when an assessor walks in and asks about your change management process, your asset inventory, how your team responds to an incident, or how security decisions get made at the leadership level, the enclave has no answer. Those answers have to come from your organization. Building them is what Stehrling does.
We build the compliance program with your team, and we bring in the right technology partners and specialists when the engagement requires them. We do the work. We don't sell you a product and walk away.
Most defense contractors are further behind than they realize.
CMMC looks manageable on paper. In practice, it's one of the most complex compliance frameworks in the defense industry, because it requires both technical controls and organizational change.
CUI Scoping Is Harder Than You Think
Most organizations can't accurately identify where CUI lives, how it flows, or who touches it. Get this wrong and your entire assessment scope is off, regardless of how good your technology is.
110 Controls, Zero Shortcuts
CMMC Level 2 requires full implementation of all 110 NIST SP 800-171 controls. Partial implementation or POA&Ms won't pass a C3PAO assessment. Every control is evaluated, technical and organizational alike.
Compliance Is an Organizational Discipline
Assessors don't just review your tools. They review whether your people follow documented procedures, whether your leadership governs security decisions, and whether your organization actually lives the controls. That takes more than a platform.
From where you are today to certified.
One program. Six phases. We meet weekly until it's done, and stay after.
Scoping and discovery
Define CUI boundaries, map your systems, assess readiness
Gap assessment
Measure current state against NIST 800-171 requirements
Remediation and documentation
Implement controls, update policies, build evidence
As your security posture changes, we reassess and iterate
Pre-assessment validation
Internal review, evidence completeness, mock assessment
C3PAO assessment
We connect you with a qualified C3PAO and guide you through every step of the assessment process
Managed compliance
SSP reviews, POA&M management, regulatory monitoring
Triennial recertification prep, ad hoc consulting
We build the program. We bring the expertise. You own the result.
Timeline varies: Standard 3-6 months | Foundation 10-12 months
Technology alone vs. a complete compliance program.
Most organizations have good IT infrastructure. What separates certified organizations from those that fail is whether anyone built the compliance program around it.
❌ Technology Solution Alone
Without a compliance program
✓ Technology + Stehrling
A complete compliance program
Don't wait until your
contract requires it.
Talk to a CMMC expert. We'll tell you exactly where you stand, on both halves, and what it takes to get certified.
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