Prove your security before the contract demands it.
A CMMC compliance audit measures your cybersecurity maturity against the standard the Department of Defense requires of every contractor that handles its data. Pass it, and you protect controlled information, stay eligible to bid on defense work, and give partners hard proof that your security holds up.
- 110
- NIST SP 800-171 controls assessed at CMMC Level 2
- 14
- control families your policies and evidence must cover
- ~80k
- defense contractors expected to need Level 2 certification
- 6–12mo
- typical time to reach readiness without a clear plan
An independent read on whether your security can pass.
A CMMC audit checks your cybersecurity practices against the framework the U.S. Department of Defense uses to protect Controlled Unclassified Information across its supply chain. We scope the systems in play, test how your controls work in practice, and document every gap between where you are and what certification requires.
Our team reviews your policies, procedures, and evidence, then confirms on site that the controls are real rather than written. The result is a plain-language report you can act on, not a stack of jargon you have to decode.
01 / Scope
Define the assessment boundary
We map every system, account, and data flow that touches Controlled Unclassified Information so nothing in scope is missed.
↳ Clear boundary, no surprises
02 / Assess
Test the controls in practice
We evaluate each control against the framework and watch it work on site, not just on paper, across all 14 families.
↳ Evidence, not assumptions
03 / Analyze
Close the gap assessment
We turn findings into a ranked list of what is met, what is partial, and what is missing against the 110 controls.
↳ A prioritized remediation list
04 / Roadmap
Hand you the path to pass
We deliver a remediation plan and the documentation an assessor expects, so the route to certification is obvious.
↳ Certification-ready evidence
Five areas an assessor will judge you on.
Access control & identity
We review who can reach your Controlled Unclassified Information and how that access is granted, limited, and logged. You get a documented access model that satisfies assessors and shuts down the easiest path attackers take.
- MFA
- Least privilege
- AC family
System & data protection
We check how data is encrypted, segmented, and defended as it moves and rests across your environment. You walk away knowing exactly which protections hold up under assessment and which ones need work first.
- Encryption
- Boundary
- SC family
Incident response readiness
We test whether your team can detect, report, and recover from an incident the way the framework expects. You get a response plan that has been exercised, not just filed, and the records to prove it.
- Detection
- Reporting
- IR family
Configuration & audit logging
We examine how systems are hardened, baselined, and monitored so changes and events leave a usable trail. You finish with logging an assessor can follow and a configuration standard your team can keep.
- Baselines
- Monitoring
- CM / AU
Policy, training & documentation
We confirm your written policies match what people actually do and that staff are trained on their part. You receive the evidence package an assessor asks for, organized and ready to submit.
- Policy
- Awareness
- Evidence
Two reasons to bring in an outside auditor.
A CMMC audit is most useful when someone outside your team runs it. We give you an honest read on where you stand and the proof your stakeholders need to trust it.
The Department of Defense framework is unforgiving about evidence. Knowing the controls is not the same as being ready to be assessed on them, and the cost of finding that out during the real assessment is a lost contract. We close that gap before it counts.
We audit against
- NIST SP 800-171
- CMMC 2.0
- DFARS 252.204-7021
- FAR 52.204-21
- 01
An expert, independent evaluation
We assess your security posture the way a certified assessor would, surfacing the weaknesses and gaps that need attention before they cost you a certification.
- 02
Assurance your stakeholders can trust
A clean audit shows partners, primes, and the DoD that you are actively protecting their information, which builds the kind of trust that wins and keeps contracts.
Renewing or bidding soon? Don't wait for the assessor.
The new reality
From November 2025, self-attestation for CUI is on its way out.
The CMMC final rule is in effect, and certification is being phased into Department of Defense contracts. Contractors that handle Controlled Unclassified Information increasingly need a third-party Level 2 certification to be eligible to bid or keep their work.
We know where assessments go wrong: controls that exist but can't be evidenced, policies that don't match practice, and scoping that quietly pulls extra systems into the audit. We find those gaps while you still have time to fix them.
We confirm
The control areas assessors weigh most heavily
- Multi-factor authentication on every accountTESTED
- Controlled Unclassified Information mapped & scopedSCOPED
- System security plan (SSP) currentREVIEWED
- Plan of action & milestones (POA&M)DRAFTED
- Written, exercised incident responseTABLETOP
- Audit logging across in-scope systemsVERIFIED
- Security awareness training recordsON FILE
- Evidence package assembled for submissionREADY
We thought we were ready. Hoplon's audit found eleven gaps in our evidence we never would have caught and laid out exactly how to close each one.
What contractors ask before the first call.
No, and that distinction matters. We run a readiness audit that mirrors how a Certified Third-Party Assessment Organization will judge you, so you walk into the official assessment knowing you'll pass. Think of us as the practice exam with the answer key.
If you only handle Federal Contract Information, you likely fall under CMMC Level 1 and its smaller set of controls. Our audit confirms which level applies to you and scopes the work accordingly, so you don't over-build or under-prepare.
A focused readiness audit typically runs a few weeks, depending on the size of your environment and how much evidence already exists. Reaching full Level 2 readiness from a standing start usually takes most contractors six to twelve months, which is why starting early matters.
A plain-language report of every gap, a prioritized remediation roadmap, and the documentation an assessor expects, including help with your system security plan and POA&M. You leave with a clear path to certification, not a list of problems.
Very little. Most of the work is reviewing documentation and observing controls already in place. We schedule on-site time around your operations and keep interviews short and specific, so your team stays focused on delivery.
That's the point of doing this early. Findings become a plan of action and milestones you can work through before the real assessment, and conditional certification gives qualifying contractors a window to close remaining items. We help you use that window well.
Free · 30 minutes · No pressure
Find the gap before the assessor does.
Spend half an hour with a Hoplon engineer. We'll walk through your CMMC level, your current controls, and the gaps we most often find in environments like yours. You'll leave with a written summary, yours to keep whether or not we work together.