Defense · CMMC Level 2
A 25-person defense supplier gets to CMMC readiness in an afternoon
How a small DoD subcontractor traded a six-month, six-figure consulting engagement for a same-day risk profile — and walked into their C3PAO conversation knowing exactly where the gaps were.
Industry
Aerospace machining
Team size
25 employees
Frameworks
CMMC Level 2 · NIST 800-171
Trigger
Prime contractor flow-down clause
The problem
A prime contractor added a CMMC Level 2 flow-down clause to their renewal — with a 90-day window to demonstrate readiness or risk losing the contract.
Two consulting quotes came back at $85K–$140K and 4–6 months to complete a gap assessment. Neither fit the timeline or the budget.
Internally, the team had no clear picture of which systems actually touched CUI, or how their MSP's controls factored into their boundary.
How Scarlet Risk fit in
- 1
Ran the Scarlet Risk platform against their environment to auto-scope the CUI boundary and produce a live NIST 800-171 gap map.
- 2
Pulled a Compliance Predictor report to project their SPRS score under three remediation paths — DIY, MSP-led, and hybrid.
- 3
Generated a vendor risk snapshot for their MSP and top three subcontractors to flag which third-party controls needed contractual attention.
Outcome
12 min
From signup to first gap map
38 → 92
Projected SPRS score after remediation plan
$110K
Estimated consulting spend avoided
"We spent the first meeting with our C3PAO showing them our own gap analysis instead of asking them to find it. That changed the entire tone of the engagement."
— Illustrative — composite of common defense SMB engagements
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