Context
A cloud‑forward SMB providing professional services to the U.S. federal government needed to achieve CMMC Level 1 compliance to pursue federal contracts involving Federal Contract Information (FCI). The company faced the challenge of building a compliant security posture without creating a parallel compliance infrastructure that would burden operations long-term.
Our Approach
ResilientTech Advisors led the end-to-end FAR 52.204-21 compliance program. We began by defining a precise FCI boundary, identifying where contract information lives, who can access it, and which systems fall in scope. Rather than building standalone compliance policies, we embedded FCI-specific requirements into the company’s existing corporate policy framework, ensuring a single maintenance track as FAR 52.204-21 evolves. We built and hardened the technical environment, implementing device enrollment, access groups, and restrictions so FCI is accessible only to authorized personnel on approved devices. We also established a documented process for reviewing publicly posted content and removing FCI if accidentally disclosed, an often-overlooked requirement under AC.L1-b.1.iv. Every control was mapped to evidence, filed with a consistent naming convention traceable to the specific requirement and implementation date.
Impact
- Achieved CMMC L1 compliance in approximately 34 hours spread across a few weeks.
- Built a single enterprise policy baseline with FCI sections embedded, eliminating parallel maintenance and compliance drift.
- Implemented all 15 security requirements with full evidence documentation mapped to each control.
- Established a publicly posted content review process addressing AC.L1-b.1.iv, a requirement that frequently catches organizations off guard.
- Positioned the company to bid on federal contracts requiring FCI handling.
Related Services
- Compliance & Assurance
- Security Engineering & Operations
“ResilientTech Advisors brought structure and precision to a process that could have easily gotten away from us. They scoped it right, built it right, and made sure we could maintain it without creating more work for ourselves. We’re now positioned to pursue federal contracts we couldn’t touch before.”
Director of IT, Government Contracting Firm
This engagement reflects ResilientTech Advisors’ ability to build compliance programs that work with a business, not around it, delivering audit-ready results without operational drag.