The fast track to CMMC Level 2 compliance.
Hardstand is a turnkey, fully managed CMMC Level 2 enclave. We build it, run it, and fast-track your path to certification. Your team stays focused on contract execution.
A faster path now exists.
CMMC Level 2 certification is now mandatory for almost any defense contract that touches Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The usual route, a full Microsoft GCC High migration and compliance build, can run $150K to $250K in the first year and take the better part of a year to build and migrate.
Hardstand puts the work that touches CUI in a certified enclave, so the rest of the business keeps running as it does today.
- NIST 800-171 · 110 Level 2 controls
- CUI never leaves the environment
- Audit records & evidence built in
A compliant enclave, built for the project.
We provide a CMMC Level 2 certified enclave for your CUI workload and run it as a managed service: a monthly fee right-sized for the project, not a company-wide IT project.
Everything the auditor asks for.
Hardstand runs on a shared-responsibility model. We implement, operate and document the technical controls, so you inherit them instead of starting from scratch. You cover only a short, defined set of organizational controls like employee screening and citizenship checks. The result is far fewer controls to implement, and a much shorter path to certification.
- A CMMC Level 2 compliant virtual desktop for accessing and working with CUI
- A documented responsibility matrix: exactly which controls we own and which you do
- Sample policies and procedures aligned to NIST 800-171 and the 110 Level 2 controls
- The full documentation set a Level 2 assessment demands: system security plan covering all 320 objectives, policies, procedures and audit records
- Tabletop exercises, risk analysis and mock audit support to validate readiness
- Remediation support before formal C3PAO assessment
- Ongoing managed service for the duration of the engagement
We already built the hard part.
Hardstand was developed to meet CMMC Level 2 requirements out of the box. The environment, architecture, documentation and audit evidence are already built and proven under assessment. Your engagement adapts that foundation for your project.
Scope & provision
We map your CUI flows and provision your enclave from a proven blueprint. No architecture to invent.
Onboard & tailor
Your team moves into the enclave while we tailor the existing policy, SSP and audit-record framework to your contract.
Validate & remediate
Tabletop exercises, risk analysis and mock audit support, then closing any findings with our engineers alongside you.
Assess & operate
Formal C3PAO assessment, then Hardstand keeps running as your managed service.
The same certification. None of the heavy lifting.
Purpose-built for one situation.
You are a manufacturer, defense supplier or specialized engineering firm with roughly 20 to 1,000 people.
You are on, or chasing, a defense contract or program that requires handling CUI.
A company-wide GCC High migration does not pencil for one program, but walking away from the work is not an option.
You need a clear, predictable path from contract award to certification in roughly three months.
A 200-person aircraft-interiors manufacturer wins a single component contract on a defense aircraft program. The work is valuable. The compliance bar is steep, and a full GCC High migration is undesirable at that scope. Hardstand gets you certified and keeps the line running.
“CMMC Level 2 is a maze, and most teams cannot afford to stall the business to get through it. We built Hardstand to take the whole thing off your plate. We give your people a secure, ready-made workspace for the CUI work, guide you all the way through certification, and free your team to focus on running the business.”
Tell us about your project. We will map the path to certification.
A 30-minute call is enough to scope your situation and tell you honestly whether the enclave is the right fit. If it is not, we will say so.