CMMC
CMMC compliance, without the pain.
No spreadsheets. No guessing where to start. No paying a consultant to manage it for you. Point L5 takes your team through every requirement and keeps the evidence in one place.
The old way
CMMC shouldn’t take a spreadsheet and a consultant.
110 requirements in a spreadsheet
Tracked by hand, owned by no one, and out of date by the time anyone checks.
No idea where to start
Many teams can’t say how close they are until someone else tells them.
Consultants billing by the hour
Paying outside experts to manage a spreadsheet your team could run itself.
And every year, a senior official has to sign off on it.
What it costs
Level 2 assessments alone run $37,196 to $104,670.
(Consultants can add $100,000+)
Level 2 self-assessmentEvery three years
Level 2 third-party certificationEvery three years
Costs only go up from there. These estimates leave out the work of meeting the 110 requirements, and hiring a consultant to manage it adds even more.
DoD cost estimates for small businesses, per three-year assessment cycle. Excludes the cost of implementing the requirements. Source: U.S. Department of Defense, CMMC Program rule, Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (regulations.gov, docket DOD-2023-OS-0063). Consultant figure: Coalfire, a CMMC assessment and advisory firm, estimates advisory services at $30,000 to $150,000 depending on scope.
The difference
Three ways to run CMMC.
| Approach | Spreadsheet | Consultant | Point L5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where to start | You figure it out | On their schedule | Guided from day one |
| Who does the work | Your team, by hand | Someone outside your company | Your team, guided by Point L5 |
| Seeing progress | Whoever has the file | When they send an update | Your whole team, live |
| Evidence | Scattered across drives | In their files, not yours | In one place, by requirement |
| When someone leaves | The file goes stale | The know-how goes with them | It stays with your team |
| How you pay | Staff time | Hourly fees, every cycle | One subscription |
How Point L5 helps
One place for your whole CMMC effort.
Your team does the work in-house, with every requirement, owner, and piece of evidence where everyone can see it.
Know where you stand on day one
- Self-assessment to find your gaps
- See where every requirement stands
- Know what’s left before you affirm
The whole company, not one consultant
- Bring in IT, facilities, procurement, and HR
- Give every requirement an owner
- Track progress requirement by requirement
Proof ready before anyone asks
- Link each requirement to its evidence
- Control who sees sensitive documents
- A record of every change, and when
Ready for every affirmation
- Keep policies and procedures current
- Alerts when something changes
- Sign off knowing it’s backed up