Most clients come to us for CMMC certification, and we get them there. But certification is one milestone in a longer arc, and that arc is where we do our best work, from the first scoping conversation through the day you certify and across every audit cycle that follows.
A CMMC certificate captures one moment. Compliance is how your organization actually operates between assessments: when contracts expand, when CUI flows shift, when leadership turns over, and when the next framework lands on top of the one you just satisfied. We built Stehrling around that reality, with five services organized around the full compliance arc and delivered by practitioners who have sat on every side of the table.
Each engagement stands on its own. Together, they cover the full lifecycle of compliance, from scoping a CUI boundary for the first time to leading a mature program through its third recertification.
CUI scoping, gap analysis against all 110 controls, and full implementation of the policies, procedures, and technical controls assessors evaluate. We work weekly alongside your team from kickoff through assessment-ready. Built for organizations starting from scratch and for those with technology already in place.
A full dress rehearsal of your C3PAO assessment, conducted by our CCAs and CCPs. We review every control, check every piece of evidence, and rehearse every interview, so you know exactly what an assessor will find before the assessor does. Nothing about the real day comes as a surprise.
A certificate is a snapshot; compliance is a posture. We handle quarterly SSP reviews, POA&M management, regulatory monitoring, and triennial recertification prep, plus ad hoc consulting whenever contract scope changes, environments evolve, or new CUI flows appear. Certification was the milestone. This is the work that keeps it defensible.
Senior cybersecurity and compliance leadership, delivered fractionally, for organizations that need a CISO or compliance executive's expertise without the full-time hire. You get a named senior practitioner with real authority: executive accountability, a strategic roadmap, and program governance on a defined monthly cadence.
Compliance and technology are inseparable, which is why this work runs through every service we deliver rather than sitting in a separate engagement you buy. CUI scoping and enclave architecture, identity and conditional access design, logging and monitoring, vendor and platform selection: sometimes our team handles it directly, sometimes we bring in vetted partners for specialized execution. Either way, Stehrling owns the outcome.
Compliance buyers often categorize firms into two camps: the policy consultants and the technical implementers. We sit in both. We do the technical work that compliance demands. Sometimes our team delivers it directly. For specialized operational execution like managed enclaves, GCC High migrations, or 24x7 monitoring, we coordinate vetted partners. Stehrling owns the program throughout.
You get the technical direction and accountability of a cybersecurity firm with the operational depth of a specialized partner network. We connect the dots. You don't manage that complexity yourself.
Stehrling is not an MSP or MSSP. We do not operate your systems day to day or run a security operations center.
We work with organizations whose contracts, research grants, or supply chain obligations require CMMC certification. Our team has delivered across every major sector in the DIB.
Primes and tier 2 suppliers
Defense supply chain firms
DoD-funded research institutions
MSPs, ISVs, and DIB subcontractors
CCA or CCP credentials on every delivery team member. 15+ years inside the DIB. Former C3PAO leadership. Top 5 defense primes served.
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An independent firm focused exclusively on CMMC compliance for defense contractors and the DIB.