Framework alignment.

Compliance built into the environment, not bolted on for an audit. Control mapping, gap analysis, and remediation against the frameworks that matter to your customers and regulators.

ii. Engagements

Readiness, remediation, and evidence as a discipline.

Assessment

Framework readiness assessment.

A structured evaluation of your current control posture against a chosen framework. Produces a written gap report, a remediation roadmap, and a prioritized backlog you can hand to your engineering team.

  • Control-by-control mapping with current state, gap, and recommended action
  • Risk-prioritized remediation roadmap with effort estimates
  • Evidence inventory: what exists, what is missing, where it lives
  • Read-out workshop with your security and engineering leads
Frameworks NIST CSF, CMMC, 800-171, 800-53
Typical duration 3 to 6 weeks
Engagement model Fixed-scope
CMMC

CMMC Level 2 readiness.

Advisory engagement to prepare a Defense Industrial Base contractor for a third-party CMMC Level 2 assessment. Note: Entropex is not a C3PAO; we prepare you to pass an assessment performed by one.

  • NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2 control coverage analysis and POA&M
  • System Security Plan (SSP) authored and maintained alongside the environment
  • CUI scoping: identifying enclaves, segmentation, and reducing assessment boundary
  • GCC High enablement when required by data residency or DFARS clauses
  • Mock assessment to surface findings before a real assessor does
Typical duration 12 to 24 weeks
Engagement model Phased fixed-fee
Self-assessment prep

NIST SP 800-171 self-assessment preparation.

Engineering-led preparation for an organization to perform and submit its own NIST SP 800-171 self-assessment, including SPRS score submission. Controls implemented, evidence gathered, SSP and POA&M authored so your team can defend the score they post.

  • Each of the 110 controls reviewed, implemented where missing, and mapped to evidence
  • System Security Plan (SSP) and Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) authored as living artifacts in your repository
  • SPRS scoring methodology applied so the submitted score is accurate and defensible
  • Knowledge transfer so your team can maintain the assessment over time and re-score as the environment changes
Typical duration 10 to 20 weeks
Output SSP, POA&M, and SPRS-ready score
Recurring

Continuous compliance engineering.

Evidence collection automated into the environment so compliance is a side effect of operations, not a separate project. Compliance-as-code paired with policy-as-code, integrated with your CI/CD.

  • Azure Policy initiatives mapped to your framework, with deny and audit modes by control
  • Defender for Cloud regulatory dashboards configured and tuned
  • Evidence pipelines: automatic capture of configuration snapshots, access reviews, and change records
  • Quarterly drift reports with remediation tickets opened in your tracker
Engagement model Retainer or annual

Pursuing certification or preparing for an audit?

Send the framework, the deadline, and a rough scope. We respond within two business days with whether it is a fit and what a starting engagement looks like.

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