Why CMMC matters
The CMMC program assesses contractor and subcontractor implementation of safeguarding requirements for Federal Contract Information and Controlled Unclassified Information, and the Department of Defense describes CMMC status as a contract award condition when included in applicable contracts (DoD CIO CMMC overview).
NIST SP 800-171 is the core CUI protection framework for nonfederal systems and organizations, making it the practical reference point for readiness planning (NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3).
Readiness deliverables
Scope and asset map
Identify users, systems, network boundaries, cloud services, endpoints, external providers, and evidence owners.
SSP and POA&M starter
Create a structured System Security Plan and Plan of Action and Milestones draft for professional review and iterative improvement.
Evidence index
Collect policy, screenshot, configuration, diagram, log, backup, access, and procedure evidence into a usable structure.
Remediation roadmap
Rank gaps by risk, implementation sequence, owner, dependency, and cost.
MSP and external service provider reality
Many small organizations cannot prepare alone because their MSP, Microsoft tenant, endpoint tooling, cloud systems, and security tools influence the assessment boundary. Sanctum’s role is to make those dependencies visible, documented, and defensible.
CMMC Evidence Starter Kit
This first engagement is designed to get the client out of ambiguity. It produces an executive snapshot, evidence inventory, missing document list, POA&M starter, and next-phase SOW.
