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CMMC Level 2 Readiness for Precision & Defense Manufacturers

A realistic path to your prime's CMMC flowdown deadline — without losing the contract or rebuilding your ERP from scratch.

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The Problem

If your #1 prime required C3PAO-certified Level 2 in 12 months, could you get there today?

Every COO and VP of Operations we talk to recognizes at least one of these before the first meeting is over.

110 controls, one deadline

CMMC 2.0 Level 2 means all 110 NIST 800-171 controls and a triennial C3PAO assessment — and most current MSPs can't read the control list, let alone implement it against a prime's clock.

Nobody knows where CUI actually lives

Email, SharePoint, CAD files, ERP records, shop-floor tablets — CUI scoping is the first 30 days of any real CMMC project, and skipping it is how projects blow their budget and their boundary.

The ERP nobody can touch

Windows Server 2012, SQL 2008 — IT says don't touch it, compliance says patch or segment, and the ERP sits in the middle of both arguments while the certification clock keeps running.

A 72-hour clock with no playbook

DFARS 7012 gives 72 hours from discovery to report a cyber incident to DIBNet — with no playbook in place today, the first real incident is the one that ends up writing it.

What's Included

Three services, one dedicated pod — not three relationships to manage

The same team that scopes your CUI boundary is the team that walks your shop floor and answers the 2 a.m. alert.

Service	What it covers	Outcome
My Compliance — CMMC / DFARS module	CUI scoping & data-flow mapping, all 110 NIST 800-171 controls across 14 families, SSP + POA&M authoring, C3PAO pre-assessment dry run	Assessment-ready
My Cloud — GCC High migration	CUI-suitable cloud enclave for email, file & productivity workloads, US-citizen-only administration	NIST 800-171 aligned
My Security — CMMC-aligned SOC	SIEM + EDR across the CUI enclave, 24/7 U.S. monitoring, incident response mapped to DFARS 7012	15-min critical SLA

How We Engage

A phased, fixed-fee path — you don't write the next check until we hit the last milestone

CUI Scoping & Gap Assessment

Map where FCI/CUI actually flows across ERP, CAD, email, and shop-floor tablets. Fixed-scope, fixed-fee.

Level 2 Implementation

All 110 NIST 800-171 controls stood up; GCC High migration where CUI requires it. 6–12 month fixed program.

Assessment Prep & Sherpa

SSP and POA&M authored, evidence binder curated, C3PAO pre-assessment dry run before the real one.

CMMC Managed Program

Monthly retained sustainment, so controls don't backslide the year after certification.

Evidence, Not Adjectives

What this looks like in practice

Technijian's case-study library doesn't yet include a defense-manufacturing-specific engagement, and we'd rather say so directly than dress up an unrelated story as one. Here's the closest adjacent proof we can show honestly, plus the trust metrics that hold across every industry we serve.

Industrial / regulated-adjacent — not a defense engagement

89 hrs · 3 phases

A regional construction contractor retired an aging on-premise domain controller into a Technijian-hosted datacenter, stood up Azure AD hybrid identity, and decommissioned four legacy servers — with authentication available throughout the cutover. It's construction, not defense, but the same hosted-datacenter, legacy-segmentation, and hybrid-identity discipline underpins a GCC High migration and a CUI enclave build.

4.7★ · 87

Google rating and review count across Technijian's client base, alongside 150+ client companies served over 25+ years — the same trust metrics that appear throughout our full results record, industry by industry.

4.7★ Google Rating · 87 Reviews

150+ client companies served

25+ years in continuous operation

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FAQ

Questions defense-manufacturing COOs actually ask

My prime just sent a CMMC Level 2 flowdown — what's a realistic 14-month path to C3PAO assessment?

A realistic 14-month path runs roughly: months 1–2 CUI scoping and a gap assessment, months 3–8 control remediation and GCC High migration if needed, months 9–11 SSP and POA&M finalization, months 12–13 a C3PAO pre-assessment dry run, and month 14 the formal assessment. The timeline lengthens fast if a legacy ERP needs to be segmented rather than replaced, so scope that decision early.

What does a minimum-viable GCC High migration cost for a 100-person defense manufacturer?

Plan on the license itself running roughly double a commercial Microsoft 365 seat, plus a fixed-scope migration project — GCC High requires US-citizen-only administration and a separate tenant architecture that commercial M365 doesn't. It's a real investment, but for a shop handling CUI, it's currently the only path to NIST 800-171's access-control and system-protection requirements, not an optional upgrade.

How do I scope CUI across my ERP, CAD systems, and shop-floor tablets without over-scoping?

Start by mapping where Federal Contract Information and Controlled Unclassified Information actually flow — email, SharePoint, CAD files, ERP records, and shop-floor tablets — before assuming everything is in scope. Over-scoping drags every system into your CMMC boundary and inflates the project; under-scoping fails the assessment. A dedicated CUI scoping and data-flow mapping exercise, done first, decides everything that follows.

What's the difference between CMMC Level 1 and Level 2, and which one does my prime actually need?

Level 1 covers 17 basic safeguarding practices for Federal Contract Information and allows annual self-assessment; Level 2 requires all 110 NIST 800-171 controls and, for most contracts handling Controlled Unclassified Information, a triennial third-party C3PAO assessment. Read your prime's actual flowdown language — it will specify which level and whether self-attestation is acceptable, and most CUI-handling subcontractors land at Level 2.

How do I keep a Windows Server 2012 ERP alive while staying NIST 800-171 compliant?

Segment it — isolate the legacy ERP in its own network enclave with compensating controls (network isolation, restricted access, enhanced monitoring) rather than exposing it directly, and document the risk acceptance at the board level. NIST 800-171 doesn't require replacing every legacy system; it requires the system either meet the controls or sit behind documented compensating controls a C3PAO assessor can evaluate.

What ITAR obligations apply to foreign-national employees and overseas suppliers?

Any access to ITAR-controlled technical data by a non-US-person is a "deemed export" and requires either a license or a documented exemption — this applies to foreign-national employees, overseas suppliers, and any IT partner's staff who might touch that data. Route ITAR-relevant systems and accounts to US-citizen personnel only, and document that restriction contractually, not just informally.

What should a DFARS 7012 72-hour incident response playbook contain?

It should name who reports to the DoD's DIBNet portal within 72 hours of discovery, what counts as a reportable "cyber incident" under the clause, the evidence-preservation steps required before remediation, and coordination points with your prime contractor. Waiting to build this until the first incident turns a compliance requirement into a fire drill.

Who are the CMMC-experienced MSPs in Southern California for precision manufacturers?

Ask any candidate for their System Security Plan template, their POA&M methodology, and at least one DIB reference under NDA — most MSPs that claim CMMC experience can't produce any of the three. Technijian has built GCC High migrations and CMMC Level 2 readiness programs for Southern California precision manufacturers and will walk your shop floor before writing a proposal.

What's in an SSP and a POA&M, and who's supposed to write them?

A System Security Plan documents how each of the 110 NIST 800-171 controls is actually implemented in your environment; a Plan of Action and Milestones tracks every control that isn't fully in place yet, with a remediation date and an owner. Your compliance partner typically authors both alongside your IT and quality teams — a C3PAO assessor reviews them, but doesn't write them for you.

If I fail the C3PAO assessment once, how long until I can re-assess — and what does that cost me in contracts?

There's no fixed federal waiting period, but in practice a re-assessment takes as long as closing the specific findings the assessor documented — often 60–120 days for a handful of control gaps. The real toll is usually the contract: primes increasingly require certification at award, so a failed assessment can mean a paused or lost bid while you remediate — which is why a pre-assessment dry run matters more than the assessment itself.

Why Technijian

Frameworks we navigate, technology we actually run

Frameworks We Navigate

CMMC 2.0 / NIST 800-171

DFARS 7012 / 7019 / 7020 / 7021

ITAR (22 CFR 120–130)

EAR (15 CFR 730–774)

AS9100

Technology We Run

Microsoft GCC High

CrowdStrike

Microsoft Defender + Sentinel

Veeam (DFARS-aligned backup)

Where We Work

Serving precision & defense manufacturers across the industrial corridor

Anaheim

Torrance

Long Beach

Santa Fe Springs

Site visits aren't optional

Before we write a proposal, we walk the shop floor. Our precision- and defense-manufacturing coverage concentrates in the Anaheim, Torrance, Long Beach, and Santa Fe Springs industrial corridors, with additional reach into the Irvine tech/industrial corridor.

See where your CMMC posture actually stands.

A gap assessment maps your CUI boundary against the real 110 controls — no obligation, no generic checklist.

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