Government and defense compliance assessments

Control-by-control readiness reviews for cloud service providers, defense contractors and agencies that handle federal, criminal justice or tax information.

Know your position before the assessor does

Federal frameworks are assessed by third parties with their own methods, and a gap found during the formal assessment costs far more than one found before it. Our reviews use the same methods the assessment guides prescribe: examination, interview and testing.

Each review is scoped to your authorization boundary or your FCI and CUI boundary, and the AWS evidence is checked against the partition you operate in, including AWS GovCloud (US).

Government and defense frameworks we assess against

FedRAMP Low

A control-by-control readiness review against the FedRAMP Low baseline: all 156 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 controls, scoped to your authorization boundary.

FedRAMP Moderate

A control-by-control readiness review against the FedRAMP Moderate baseline: all 323 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 controls and enhancements across 18 families.

FedRAMP High

A control-by-control readiness review for high-impact cloud service offerings: all 410 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 controls and enhancements across 18 families.

FedRAMP 20x

FedRAMP 20x replaces a paperwork exercise with outcomes a provider has to demonstrate continuously, in machine-readable form. We review all 46 Key Security Indicators across 10 clusters under the FedRAMP Consolidated Rules for 2026.

FedRAMP Rev. 5 transition gap assessment

A rule-by-rule gap review for an authorized Rev. 5 cloud service offering moving to the FedRAMP Consolidated Rules for 2026: all 151 provider-facing requirements across 15 rule areas.

CMMC Level 1

A readiness and gap review built on the Level 1 practice set and Self-Assessment Guide, aligned to FAR 52.204-21, to safeguard Federal Contract Information and prepare your annual affirmation.

CMMC Level 2

A readiness and gap review built on the Level 2 practice set and assessment guide, aligned to NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2 and scoped to your CUI boundary, to prepare for a C3PAO assessment.

CMMC Level 3

A review against the 24 enhanced requirements drawn from NIST SP 800-172, scoped to your enclaves, specialized assets and existing Level 2 posture.

NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2

A review of all 110 security requirements against the 800-171A assessment objectives, scoped to your CUI boundary and DFARS obligations, to protect CUI and defend your SPRS score.

NIST SP 800-171 Revision 3

A review of all 97 active requirements, assessed with NIST SP 800-171A Rev. 3 and scoped to your CUI boundary and parameter selections.

FAR 52.204-21 (Federal Contract Information)

A review against the text of FAR 52.204-21(b)(1): all fifteen safeguarding requirements across six domains, cross-referenced to their CMMC Level 1 practices.

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)

A review of your export control program against the DDTC Compliance Program Guidelines and 22 CFR Parts 120 through 130, scoped to your USML footprint, authorizations and foreign person exposure.

CJIS Security Policy v6.0

A readiness and gap review against the FBI CJIS Security Policy v6.0: all 225 controls and enhancements across 18 families, to protect criminal justice information and prepare for the triennial audit.

IRS Publication 1075

A control-by-control review of your Federal Tax Information safeguards against Publication 1075, as tailored by the IRS Office of Safeguards from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5.

Questions about Government and defense

Is TrueMark a 3PAO or a C3PAO?

No. FedRAMP assessments are performed by a 3PAO and CMMC Level 2 certification assessments by a C3PAO. Our reviews are readiness and gap work that prepares you for them, using the same examination, interview and testing methods.

Do you support workloads in AWS GovCloud (US)?

Yes. The AWS evidence in our government packages is checked against what is available in the partition your data sits in, so nothing in the remediation plan depends on a service you cannot use there.

Should we assess against NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2 or 3?

CMMC Level 2 is aligned to Revision 2, so a contractor preparing for a C3PAO assessment starts there. Revision 3 restructures the requirement set into 17 families, and we assess against it when your contracts or planning call for it.

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