We don't hand you a report and walk away. We run a structured certification program from your first gap analysis through your C3PAO assessment and beyond.
Certification requires technical controls (your tools and infrastructure) and organizational controls (your policies, procedures, training, and how your people operate). Some organizations have an MSP or a technology stack in place. Some have pieces. Many are starting from scratch. It doesn't matter where you are today. What matters is that both halves are covered before your C3PAO assessment, and technology alone has never passed one.
Whether you have a tech stack, some of one, or none at all
A complete compliance program, wherever you're starting from
Starting from zero? We've done it before. Have a tech stack already? We build the compliance program on top of it. Either way, you get certified.
Every phase builds on the last. You don't pick services from a menu. You enroll in a process with a defined outcome.
Our certified assessors evaluate your current cybersecurity posture against all 110 NIST SP 800-171 controls. We review your policies, procedures, technical controls, and documentation to identify every gap between your current state and your target CMMC level. You get a clear, prioritized roadmap, not a generic checklist. Every finding maps to a specific control with a recommended remediation path.
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. We map your data flows, define system boundaries, and right-size your assessment scope so you're not securing systems that don't need it, and not missing systems that do.
This is where most companies get stuck and most consultants disappear. We stay with you through the hard part: policies, procedures, access management, encryption, audit logging, incident response, training, and all 110 controls. Weekly meetings, expert review, and hands-on support until every gap is closed. Your team owns the documentation. That's how it should be, and that's what assessors want to see.
Before you face a C3PAO assessor, you face us. Our CCAs conduct a full simulation of the actual CMMC assessment process: same methodologies, documentation reviews, and interview protocols. We identify anything that could trip you up and give you time to fix it. You enter your official assessment knowing exactly what to expect.
Passing your assessment is not the finish line. Your environment changes, your team changes, and CMMC requires sustained compliance between triennial reassessments. Stehrling's Continuous Compliance program keeps your security posture current without pulling your team away from mission work. We conduct quarterly SSP reviews, manage your POA&M, monitor regulatory and CMMC framework changes, and begin reassessment preparation well before it becomes urgent.
Every engagement includes the structure and accountability to get you from where you are today to assessment-ready.
We work exclusively with organizations in and around the DIB. That focus is what makes us different.
Prime contractors needing Level 1 or Level 2 certification to maintain DoD contract eligibility.
Manufacturing firms in the defense supply chain handling CUI on the shop floor and in digital systems.
Higher education institutions conducting DoD-funded research and managing CUI across departments.
Subcontractors and suppliers required to meet CMMC standards by their prime contractor partners.
Our staff includes Certified CMMC Assessors and Certified CMMC Professionals. They are the only people in the CMMC ecosystem who know exactly what an assessor will accept. Everyone else is guessing.
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An independent firm focused exclusively on CMMC compliance for defense contractors and the DIB.