CMMC is now a mandatory requirement for Department of Defense contractors handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). CMMC Level 2 requires implementation of all 110 security practices from NIST SP 800-171, and third-party assessment is required for contracts involving critical national security information. Organizations that fail to achieve CMMC certification will lose their ability to bid on DoD contracts.

Craig Petronella holds the CMMC Certified Registered Practitioner (CMMC-RP) credential, qualifying him to advise organizations preparing for CMMC assessment. Our CMMC readiness program includes scoping (identifying CUI boundaries), gap assessment against all 110 practices, remediation planning and implementation, System Security Plan (SSP) and Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) documentation, and pre-assessment rehearsal to ensure you pass the formal C3PAO assessment.

We implement the technical controls CMMC requires: MFA, encryption, FIPS-validated cryptography, audit logging, incident response procedures, and access control mechanisms. For organizations with existing IT infrastructure, we identify the most cost-effective path to compliance, potentially leveraging cloud enclaves for CUI handling to reduce the scope of on-premises controls.

Healthcare organizations, business associates, and any entity handling protected health information (PHI) must comply with HIPAA's Security Rule, Privacy Rule, and Breach Notification Rule. OCR enforcement actions have escalated dramatically, with multi-million dollar settlements for organizations that fail to implement reasonable safeguards.

Our HIPAA compliance program starts with a comprehensive risk assessment that identifies every system, process, and third party that touches ePHI. We implement Technical Safeguards (encryption, access controls, audit trails, transmission security), Administrative Safeguards (workforce training, security officer designation, incident response), and Physical Safeguards (facility access controls, workstation security, device disposal). Business Associate Agreement management ensures your vendor ecosystem is also compliant.

We go beyond checkbox compliance to build security programs that genuinely protect patient data. Our AI monitoring platform continuously watches for HIPAA-relevant events: unauthorized ePHI access attempts, unencrypted PHI transmissions, and configuration changes that weaken security controls. This proactive approach catches violations before they become breaches.

NIST CSF 2.0 provides a comprehensive, flexible framework organized around six functions: Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover. While voluntary for most private-sector organizations, NIST CSF has become the de facto baseline for cybersecurity programs and is increasingly referenced in contracts, insurance requirements, and regulatory guidance.

We use NIST CSF as the foundation for many compliance programs because its controls map cleanly to CMMC, HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001. By establishing a NIST CSF-aligned baseline first, organizations can layer framework-specific requirements on top without rebuilding from scratch. Our maturity assessments rate your current implementation against NIST CSF tiers, identify priority gaps, and create roadmaps for systematic improvement.

NIST CSF 2.0's new Govern function addresses cybersecurity governance, risk management strategy, and supply chain risk—areas where organizations historically underinvest. We help establish governance structures, risk appetite statements, and third-party risk management programs that satisfy this expanded scope.

SOC 2 has become the gold standard for demonstrating security and operational maturity to enterprise customers. Technology companies, SaaS providers, and managed service providers routinely face SOC 2 requirements in customer security questionnaires and vendor assessments. Type II certification requires demonstrating that controls operated effectively over a 6-12 month observation period.

Our SOC 2 readiness program covers Trust Services Criteria across Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy. We help you select applicable criteria, design controls that satisfy requirements while aligning with your operational reality, implement evidence collection automation, and prepare for the CPA firm's audit examination.

Evidence collection is the most time-consuming aspect of SOC 2 compliance. Our AI-powered compliance platform automates evidence gathering for 60% of common controls: configuration screenshots, access reviews, change management logs, vulnerability scan reports, and incident response documentation. This automation transforms SOC 2 from a multi-month project into a continuously maintained program.

PCI DSS 4.0 introduces significant changes including expanded MFA requirements, enhanced encryption standards, and a new customized approach that allows organizations to meet objectives through alternative controls. Organizations that process, store, or transmit cardholder data must comply or face fines, increased transaction fees, and potential loss of payment processing privileges.

We guide organizations through PCI DSS 4.0 transition: scoping the cardholder data environment (CDE), implementing required controls, documenting compensating controls where applicable, and preparing for QSA assessment or self-assessment questionnaire completion. Scope reduction strategies—tokenization, point-to-point encryption, and network segmentation—can dramatically reduce the number of controls required and the cost of compliance.

For organizations that also need HIPAA or SOC 2, we align PCI DSS controls with overlapping requirements to avoid duplicate implementation effort. A single access control system, encryption implementation, and logging infrastructure can satisfy PCI DSS, HIPAA, and SOC 2 simultaneously when designed correctly from the start.

ISO 27001 provides an internationally recognized information security management system (ISMS) framework. Certification demonstrates to global partners and customers that your organization has implemented systematic risk management and security controls. ISO 27001's Annex A controls map extensively to NIST CSF, SOC 2 criteria, and CMMC practices.

We help organizations establish ISO 27001-aligned ISMS including risk assessment methodology, Statement of Applicability (SoA), control implementation, internal audit programs, and management review processes. For organizations pursuing multiple certifications, ISO 27001 serves as an excellent foundation that accelerates compliance with other frameworks.

Our multi-framework integration methodology creates a unified compliance architecture: one set of policies, one set of technical controls, one evidence repository, and one continuous monitoring platform that satisfies every applicable framework. We maintain compliance crosswalk matrices that map controls across CMMC, HIPAA, NIST, SOC 2, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001, ensuring complete coverage with minimal redundancy.