Achieve Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification and protect your DoD contracts. Expert CMMC gap assessments, SSP development, and C3PAO assessment readiness for Texas defense contractors.
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a Department of Defense framework that verifies cybersecurity practices across the entire Defense Industrial Base (DIB). Unlike previous self-attestation models, CMMC requires independent third-party verification for most contractors.
CMMC is being phased into all DoD contracts through 2025 and beyond. If your business handles Federal Contract Information (FCI) or Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), you must achieve the appropriate CMMC level to bid on or retain DoD contracts.
CMMC Level 2 — the most common requirement — maps directly to all 110 NIST SP 800-171 requirements, making NIST 800-171 compliance the essential foundation for CMMC certification.
Required documentation describing how each CMMC practice is implemented across your environment and CUI boundary.
Documented roadmap for any practices not yet fully implemented, with realistic timelines and milestones.
All documentation, evidence packages, and technical controls prepared to satisfy a Certified Third-Party Assessment Organization.
Ongoing monitoring, annual reviews, and SSP maintenance to sustain CMMC compliance between assessments.
Your required CMMC level depends on the type of information your DoD contracts involve.
Covers: Federal Contract Information (FCI)
Assessment: Annual self-assessment
Covers: Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)
Assessment: Triennial C3PAO assessment
Most common DoD contract requirement
Full Level 2 Compliance GuideCovers: High-value CUI / Advanced Persistent Threats
Assessment: Government-led assessment
CMMC Level 2 covers all 110 NIST SP 800-171 practices organized across these 14 domains. Segler.Net assesses and implements all of them.
Limit system access to authorized users, processes, and devices acting on behalf of users.
Ensure personnel are aware of security risks and trained to carry out security responsibilities.
Create and retain system audit logs to enable monitoring, analysis, and investigation.
Establish and maintain baseline configurations and inventories of organizational systems.
Identify system users and authenticate identities before allowing access to systems.
Establish an operational incident-handling capability including preparation and recovery.
Perform maintenance on organizational systems and control maintenance tools and personnel.
Protect system media containing CUI, both paper and digital, and limit access.
Screen individuals prior to authorizing access and protect CUI during personnel actions.
Limit physical access to organizational systems to authorized individuals.
Periodically assess risk to operations, assets, and individuals from system operation.
Periodically assess security controls and develop plans of action for identified gaps.
Monitor, control, and protect communications at external and key internal boundaries.
Identify and correct system flaws, protect from malicious code, and monitor alerts.
A proven, systematic approach to achieving CMMC certification for Texas defense contractors.
Evaluate all CMMC practices against your current environment and score your baseline posture.
Build your System Security Plan documenting CUI boundaries, system components, and control implementations.
Document all gaps with realistic remediation timelines and prioritized action items.
Implement technical controls, policies, and procedures to close identified gaps systematically.
Prepare evidence packages, conduct pre-assessment reviews, and coordinate with your C3PAO.
Every one of the 110 CMMC Level 2 practices maps directly to a NIST SP 800-171 requirement. Achieving NIST 800-171 compliance is the essential first step — and the bulk of the work — toward CMMC Level 2 certification.
Segler.Net structures all CMMC engagements with NIST 800-171 as the foundation, ensuring your SSP, POA&M, and evidence packages satisfy both the NIST standard and C3PAO assessment requirements from day one.
Learn About NIST 800-171All 110 NIST SP 800-171 requirements are directly incorporated into CMMC Level 2 — no duplication of effort.
Your SSP and POA&M serve both NIST 800-171 self-attestation and CMMC C3PAO assessment requirements.
Achieving NIST 800-171 compliance first means you're already most of the way to CMMC Level 2 certification.
CMMC Level 3 adds NIST SP 800-172 requirements — Segler.Net can guide you through all three levels.
Straight answers to what Texas defense contractors ask most about CMMC compliance and certification.
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Many organizations need to satisfy multiple frameworks. Segler.Net helps you achieve them efficiently — often with shared controls and documentation.
The 110-requirement standard that CMMC Level 2 is built on. Achieving NIST 800-171 is the core of your CMMC journey.
NIST 800-171 GuideDefense contractors in healthcare or life sciences may also need HIPAA compliance for protected health information.
HIPAA GuideDoD contractors that accept card payments must also maintain PCI-DSS compliance for cardholder data protection.
PCI-DSS GuideThe 18 CIS Controls provide a prioritized cybersecurity baseline and qualify for Texas SB 2610 safe harbor protection.
CIS Controls GuideStart with a free gap assessment. We'll evaluate your current posture against all CMMC requirements and give you a clear path to certification.