A structured, end-to-end compliance program for DIB contractors who need to move from CUI discovery to certified -- and stay certified. Built on five years of CMMC assessment experience and active participation in the rule itself.
DCG's founder is the Deputy for the Defense Industrial Base sector with FBI InfraGard, and deeply involved in all aspects of the CMMC ecosystem. Other firms build a compliance product and then read the regulation to see how closely their product fits. DCG builds the program around what the assessment objectives actually require.
That distinction matters when the question isn't whether you have a firewall. It matters when the question is whether your evidence package will satisfy a C3PAO examiner reading an assessment guide your assessor knows inside and out.
Every DCG engagement pairs a Certified CMMC Assessor (CCA) or Certified CMMC Professional (CCP) with a technical writer. We have found -- over dozens of active engagements -- that this combination produces higher quality documentation and lower cost than either role alone. The documentation is where the certification lives.
The 70% Rule Roughly seventy percent of CMMC compliance lives in the System Security Plan, the policies, the procedures, and the evidence locker -- not in the firewall, not in the endpoint agent, not in the hardware. The documentation is the compliance. Most consultants avoid it. DCG specializes in it.
Real Compliance is a program, not a project.
The work is in the documentation, not the firewall.
The bar is the assessment objective, not the control.
Train like you fight.
Compliance isn't just about implementing controls. It's about understanding what you're protecting. Each phase builds on the one before it -- because every successful compliance program starts with understanding your information.
Before scoping, before architecture, before you spend anything: what is CUI -- and just as important, what is not? Most contractors default to treating everything as CUI, which makes compliance enormously more expensive. We help you determine with precision what qualifies, straight from your contracts and your data.
We save you money by right-sizing your program before you spend a dollar on remediation. With your CUI identified, scoping determines what it means for your environment: which systems and assets are in scope, which are not, and what that does to your cost. Scoping is a full phase of CMMC -- and it is often the single largest cost-saving decision in the entire program.
A full-scope inventory against all 320 assessment objectives -- not just the 110 controls. The output is a scored report and a project plan that tells you exactly what needs to be built, in what order, and why. This is the document that drives everything that follows.
This is the longest and most expensive phase of the engagement. It is where the actual compliance program is built: policies, procedures, technical controls, and the evidence locker. DCG specializes in this phase because this is where most programs fail. A policy that doesn't reflect your actual operations is a liability in an audit, not an asset.
Before you rehearse, we verify that the program you built holds up. Approximately four hours of documentation review followed by an on-site afternoon, built to surface what your organization does not know is a problem. Most teams believe they are ready well before they are. That is not a failure -- that is the point. You cannot fix what you don't know is broken.
A full rehearsal conducted by a DCG-certified assessor against all 320 objectives in C3PAO format. We call this "Train like you fight" because it is exactly that. Companies that have gone through a mock assessment arrive at their live C3PAO exam knowing what to expect, how to present evidence, and where their remaining gaps are. Companies that skip this step frequently fail.
A DCG assessor sits on your side of the table during the live C3PAO assessment. This is the only service in the market where your own certified assessor advocates for your evidence package in real time. The difference between a passed control and a failed control is often the quality of the explanation, not the quality of the control.
CMMC is a program, not a project. The watch never ends. Program Sustainment is a continuous-compliance retainer that keeps your evidence locker current, your policies updated, and your program ready for the next assessment cycle. Most contractors underinvest in sustainment and find themselves rebuilding from scratch at renewal.
For smaller contractors or point questions, DCG offers engagement under a published rate card -- an hour to answer a question, a day to review a specific system, a week to scope a particular problem. This is how many smaller DIB contractors start the relationship before committing to a fixed-fee program.
"We're a manufacturing company. We build things. Cybersecurity compliance is not our core competency and we knew it. What we needed was a firm that would tell us exactly what we had to do, build the documentation, and stand next to us in the room when the auditor showed up. That is what DCG did. We passed our C3PAO assessment on the first attempt. The mock assessment was the single most valuable thing we did."-- Vice President of Operations, Defense Manufacturer
"Vince and the DCG team thoroughly understand the special needs of manufacturers when it comes to CMMC. They helped us build a complete compliance program that was not overwhelming and just what we needed. With their Midwatch enclave, our CUI is fully contained without any disruptions to our manufacturing processes. We are fortunate to count them as a true partner as we continue our rapid growth."-- Chief Operating Officer, Maritime Defense Manufacturer
The single thing contractors worry about most is assessor variation -- the risk that a control you implemented correctly gets marked NOT MET because of how one examiner reads it on one day. You cannot eliminate that variation. You can make sure you are not facing it alone.
Counsel for the Defense puts a DCG certified assessor on your side of the table for the live C3PAO assessment. When a finding turns on interpretation rather than fact, someone in the room who knows the assessment guide asks the question that matters: where does it say that in the regulation? Often it does not.
We built this expecting it to be reassurance. It has turned out to be needed far more often than we anticipated, because the difference between a passed control and a failed one is frequently the quality of the explanation, not the quality of the control.
Talk to Us About Your AssessmentStep 06, not a bolt-on. Counsel for the Defense is a stage in the DCG sequence, so the person sitting with you is usually the same assessor who ran your mock assessment and already knows your evidence locker.
An honest look at your contracts, your data, and your real CMMC impact -- before you spend a dollar. No obligation. No proposal until you've heard the truth about your situation.
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