Government contractor compliance, from SPRS to assessment
Primes and subcontractors across the defense industrial base need to show how they protect federal contract information and controlled unclassified information. CMDash tracks the practices, scores them, and keeps the plan of action current.
Regulatory and customer pressure
CMMC
The CMMC program, codified at 32 CFR Part 170, sets Levels 1 to 3 according to the information a contractor handles.
DFARS and NIST SP 800-171
Contracts that carry DFARS 252.204-7012 require NIST SP 800-171 controls for covered defense information, with an SPRS score on record.
FedRAMP for cloud offerings
Cloud services sold to federal agencies need FedRAMP authorization at the right impact level.
Flow-down to subcontractors
Primes pass requirements down, so every sub in the chain is asked for its own evidence.
Threats that target this industry
Nation-state targeting
Defense suppliers hold designs and schedules that foreign intelligence services target.
Targeting of smaller suppliers
Attackers go after the sub with the smallest security team to reach the prime.
False-claim exposure
An SPRS score or affirmation that overstates the program creates legal exposure, so the number must be traceable to evidence.
The frameworks CMDash tracks for you
Crosswalked, so one piece of evidence counts twice:
- CMMC Level 1 and CMMC Level 2
- CMMC Level 2 and CMMC Level 3
- CMMC Level 3 and NIST Cybersecurity Framework (1.1, legacy)
- FedRAMP Moderate and NIST Cybersecurity Framework (1.1, legacy)
Capabilities that matter most here
CMMC and SPRS self-assessment
Practice-level evidence, an SPRS score and the self-assessment package in the format a C3PAO expects.
Practice-level evidence, an SPRS score and the official CMMC / NIST 800-171 self-assessment package with affirmation and POA&M.
POA&M tracking
POA&M records with milestones, closure evidence and a full history.
Owner, committed date, milestones, closure evidence and the full history of every change. Tracking is on every plan.
External assessor seats
Give your assessor read-only, expiring access scoped to the frameworks you name, with every page opened recorded.
Read-only access for your auditor, scoped to the frameworks you name and expiring on a date you set.
Evidence from your tools
Evidence collected from your tools and mapped to practices.
Integration data collected on a schedule and turned into evidence by mapping rules you install or write, plus manual uploads with history.
Vendor register
Track your own subcontractors and their flow-down status.
Vendors with risk scoring, owners and continuous monitoring, plus SIG Lite and CSA CAIQ questionnaire templates (Enterprise).
Regulatory radar
Keep CMMC dates and readiness in view.
Dates and readiness mapping for DORA, NIS2, SEC cyber disclosure, the EU AI Act, CMMC and NYDFS 500.
Sources
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