CMMC Level 2 Readiness Assessment

The flagship ForgePoint contractor engagement for organizations with known or likely CUI exposure that need readiness clarity before assessment pressure, platform decisions, or major remediation spend. ForgePoint Cyber helps clarify scope, responsibility, documentation, and evidence needs before major platform, provider, or remediation decisions.

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Talk Through the Right Starting Point
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Who This Service Is For

Organizations with known CUI exposure that need CMMC Level 2 readiness clarity.

  • Known or likely CUI exposure.

  • Prime, customer, or solicitation pressure around CMMC Level 2.

  • Need to understand NIST SP 800-171 alignment.

  • MSP, MSSP, cloud provider, or vendor stack involvement.

  • Leadership needs an executive roadmap

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The Problem This Solves

Contractors rush into CMMC tool-buying with incomplete scope and unclear boundaries.

  • Incomplete CUI scope and unclear ownership.

  • Pressure to buy platforms before boundary is defined.

  • Unknown documentation and evidence gaps.

  • MSP and vendor responsibility confusion.

  • No practical decision point for what happens next.

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Questions Answered

This service creates a decision point with clear answers to critical CMMC questions.

  • Where does CUI likely live?

  • Which systems, users, workflows, and vendors are likely in scope?

  • How ready is the organization for CMMC Level 2 expectations?

  • What documentation is missing, weak, or inaccurate?

  • What does the MSP own and what does the client own?

  • What should happen next?

What ForgePoint Delivers

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    CUI Scope Review

    Define and validate CUI scope — systems, users, workflows, and data flows.

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    NIST SP 800-171 Readiness Review

    Readiness findings with strengths, weaknesses, unknowns, and high-risk gaps.

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    SSP & POA&M Readiness Review

    Assess System Security Plan and POA&M readiness against assessment expectations.

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    MSP/Vendor Responsibility Map

    Clarify what the MSP owns, what the client owns, and what vendors own.

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    Executive Roadmap

    Executive-ready findings with decisions, risks, unknowns, and recommended next steps.

How the Engagement Works

1
Kickoff
Confirm business drivers, stakeholders, systems, and provider involvement
2
Structured Intake
FCI/CUI assumptions, environment context, documentation maturity, provider responsibilities
3
Review & Interview
Review available materials, interviews, responsibility assumptions, evidence readiness
4
Executive Findings
Separate decisions, risks, unknowns, and recommended next steps into an executive brief

Typical Timelin

3–5 Weeks

typical engagement duration

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Duration depends on environment size, complexity, and data availability.

Structured ForgePoint intake workflow throughout.

Kickoff through executive findings delivery

What Is Intentionally Out of Scope

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Certification guarantees or official assessment conclusions.

Legal interpretation of contracts, DFARS clauses, or CUI markings.

Unlimited advisory access, helpdesk support, or emergency response.

Technical remediation implementation unless added through a separate SOW.

Tool deployment unless separately scoped.

Recommended Next Steps After This Service

CMMC Level 2 SSP & POA&M Buildout →
Fractional CMMC Program Lead →
CMMC MSP Shared Responsibility Review →
Heath Kellerman
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