CMMC 2.0 Compliance in Humble
If a defense contract or a prime's purchase order flows down DFARS clauses, your security obligations are already live, whether or not an assessor has ever looked at your shop. We build the NIST 800-171 controls, produce the documentation an assessor accepts, and get your score into SPRS honestly.
The Problem
A machine shop, avionics repair station, or specialty fabricator picks up work from a prime contractor and the purchase order arrives with clauses referencing controlled unclassified information. Somebody in the office signs it because the work is good and the customer is large. Two years later the prime sends a flow-down notice asking for a current SPRS score and evidence of a system security plan. The shop runs on a shared file server, drawings arrive by email, machinists use personal phones on the floor, and there is no written plan of any kind. Self-attesting to a score you cannot support is not a paperwork problem; it carries real contractual and legal exposure.
The Solution
We scope first, because the cheapest CMMC program is the one that keeps controlled information inside the smallest possible boundary. Often that means building a segregated enclave for the drawings, specifications, and files that carry the obligation, rather than dragging the whole shop network into assessment scope. From there we implement the NIST 800-171 control families, write the system security plan and plan of action and milestones the way an assessor expects to read them, and generate the objective evidence for each practice. We compute your SPRS score with you so the number you submit is defensible, then prepare your team for either self-assessment or a third-party assessment depending on the level your contracts require. Humble is inside our on-site area, which matters when the scope includes machines, drawing kiosks, and shop floor devices that have to be inspected in person.
Core Responsibilities
Scope & Architecture
800-171 Control Implementation
Assessment Artifacts
Engagement Process
Contract Review
We read your purchase orders and prime agreements to determine which clauses apply, what level you are held to, and what data actually triggers the requirement.
Boundary Design
We draw the smallest workable scope and design the enclave, then confirm it against how engineering data really moves through your shop.
Build & Document
Controls are implemented, the system security plan and milestones are written, and evidence is captured practice by practice.
Assess & Sustain
We run a mock assessment, correct what it finds, support the real assessment, and keep the score and documentation current as contracts change.
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Common Questions
We only make parts. Do we really handle controlled unclassified information?
Very often yes. Technical drawings, specifications, tolerances, and export-controlled data that arrive from a prime routinely carry the designation. The test is the data you receive and store, not whether the finished part looks sensitive.
What is the difference between Level 1 and Level 2?
Level 1 covers basic safeguarding of federal contract information and is self-assessed annually. Level 2 covers controlled unclassified information, requires the full NIST 800-171 control set, and for many contracts requires assessment by an accredited third party. Your contract language determines which applies.
Do we need Microsoft GCC High?
Not always. It depends on the data you handle, export control considerations, and what your primes require. It is a significant cost and migration effort, so we evaluate it against your actual contract obligations before recommending it rather than defaulting to the expensive answer.
Can machinists keep using personal phones on the floor?
They can, provided those phones stay outside the boundary and cannot reach in-scope data. Problems start when someone photographs a drawing or a supervisor forwards a specification to a personal account. Clear policy plus technical enforcement handles it without banning phones outright.
How long before we can bid confidently on defense work?
That depends on your starting point, how much data is in scope, and how quickly infrastructure changes can be made around production schedules. We give you a written roadmap after the boundary design so you know what stands between you and an accurate score. Pricing is scoped on a discovery call as a fixed monthly retainer.
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Humble sits at the edge of an aviation economy, and aviation and defense supply chains overlap constantly. The maintenance, repair, and overhaul shops, avionics benches, ground support equipment builders, tooling suppliers, and precision machine shops clustered around George Bush Intercontinental Airport and the industrial parks along the Eastex Freeway and Beltway 8 frequently take subcontract work that traces back to a defense prime. So do the composite fabricators, calibration labs, and specialty coating shops that support them. Many of these companies employ twenty to eighty people, run lean front offices, and have never been assessed on anything beyond quality standards, so a flow-down clause referencing controlled unclassified information lands in an inbox and stays there. Northeast Houston construction and engineering firms bidding on federal facility work encounter the same clauses from a different direction. The practical difficulty for all of them is that the sensitive data lives where the work happens: drawing terminals on the shop floor, machine controllers, portable drives, and a foreman's laptop. Because we cover Humble on-site, we can walk that floor, see where the files actually travel, and design a boundary around reality instead of around an org chart.
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