CMMC compliance services in California

California defense contractors operate within one of the largest defense industrial concentrations in the United States. California hosts Naval Base San Diego, Edwards Air Force Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, NAS Point Mugu, and dozens of additional DoD installations that collectively generate tens of billions in annual contract spending. Any California business holding a DoD prime contract, subcontract, or flow-down award is now encountering CMMC compliance clauses in new solicitations under DFARS 252.204-7021.

California's defense primes, including Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, General Atomics, Raytheon, General Dynamics, and L3Harris, operate extensive supply chains across the state. California businesses supporting aerospace manufacturing, satellite systems, cyber operations, ship maintenance, or defense electronics are core to the California DIB. Primes are actively enforcing SPRS minimum scores and conditioning new subcontract awards on demonstrated progress toward CMMC Level 2.

Most California businesses we talk to underestimate how much CUI they actually touch. Contract drawings, program schedules, personnel rosters with clearance data, and even unclassified email threads that reference part numbers can all qualify as CUI under the National Archives registry. Once that information lands in your environment, every control in NIST 800-171 is in scope.

We specialize in CMMC for small and mid-size defense contractors. We know how to scope the CUI enclave so you are not rebuilding your whole company, how to write policies that a C3PAO will accept, and how to implement technical controls without grinding California businesses to a halt.