Certified Managed Services from an authorized C3PAO

Turnkey CMMC

Our flagship CMMC Level 2 certified managed services offering is designed to help organizations achieve and maintain a CMMC Level 2 certification. Onboard a subset of users (enclave approach) or your entire organization.

  • Reduce your required level of effort

    Up to 93% of NIST 800-171/CMMC Level 2 assessment objectives covered, including optional coverage for training and awareness, physical security, personnel screening, network management & more!

  • Proven Success

    Our configurations and accompanying documentation have successfully passed more than 50 assessments, including DIBCAC and C3PAO assessments. 

  • Reduce your assessment scope and cost

    Inherit previously assessed security controls from us because we are a CMMC Level 2 certified MSP, saving you time, money and effort when it comes to your C3PAO assessment.

  • One Partner for All of CMMC Readiness

    Our CMMC certified staff of operators & auditors have sat on both sides of assessments, enabling us to provide a full suite of services to make sure you are ready going into your C3PAO assessment. You even have access to our C3PAO side of the house for questions, guidance, clarifications, and more.

Why Choose Us

Built by an Authorized C3PAO

CMMC Certified US Personnel, No outsourcing

CMMC Level 2 Certified MSP

DIBCAC (DOD) Assessed & Authorized

Original CMMC Stakeholder, serving DIB since 2016

Microsoft GCC & GCC-H authorized partner

CMMC Marketplace Gold Status

CMMC Marketplace Best of 2024

Key features

Built on Microsoft 365 GCC or GCC-High

We are one of ~50 Microsoft AOS-G partners authorized to resale, implement and support Microsoft 365 Government Community Cloud (GCC and GCC-High).

FIPS Validated, FedRAMP Technology Stack

Allows inheritance of security controls from in scope cloud service providers (CSP). We provide the body of evidence at your assessment, so you don’t have to.

Training & Awareness via Ariento’s Learning Management System (LMS)

Another way we remove the CMMC compliance burden from your plate. You just have to take the training, we’ll track it and provide proof at your assessment.

Access to Ariento’s CMMC Level 2 certification package w/ optional documentation assistance

We provide you with pre-filled templates for required CMMC procedural, policy and system security plan (SSP) documentation as well as access to our completed documentation that has successfully passed CMMC Level 2 assessments. Optionally, we can create your custom documentation for you.

Tier 1 IT Help Desk Support

We provide unlimited tier 1 remote support via our help desk. For specialized labor such as senior engineers, we provide a bucket of hours for your use. 

24/7/365 Security Operations Center

Our security operations center is on call 24x7 to monitor and support your environment, to include vulnerability management and threat intelligence. For specialized labor such as incident response, we provide a bucket of hours for your use.

Fractional CISO/CIO/CCO

We provide a bucket of hours for guidance related to compliance, information technology and cybersecurity. We are an extension of your team and supplement capabilities where you don’t have them. 

Discounted Rate Cards

As a managed service client, you receive discounted labor rates for project work and additional services.

Optional Personnel Screening

Sign up through our vendor portal for HireRight and/or provide clearance information for users and we can verify screening before creating accounts and granting access to CUI. No additional charge from Ariento.

Optional Physical Security Management & Monitoring

Integrate compatible badging, visitor management and/or camera systems with our platform and our SOC can monitor your physical security controls to ensure you are compliant for your CMMC assessment. No additional charge from Ariento.

Optional Network Management & Monitoring

If needed, we are an authorized Cisco Federal partner and can support migrating your network to our management, monitoring and support at no additional charge outside of the one time migration.

Optional Continuous Monitoring from an authorized C3PAO

Satisfies CA.L2-3.12.3 requirement to monitor security controls on an ongoing basis. Prevents compliance drift, saves you time and effort on your triennial assessment, and gives you peace of mind for your required annual attestation against False Claims Act.

Optional Device Lifecycle Management from procurement to destruction

CMMC starts with accurate asset inventories and categorization. You then must manage those assets through their lifecycle, to include proper procurement, repurposing and destruction of physical devices. We offer to take it off your hands.

Ariento ONE GRC Tool

We grant access to our asset inventory tool to help you discover and maintain your CMMC scope. Optionally use it for evidence and artifacts for your assessment.

Types of customers that use this product/service

Small defense contractors without Internal IT & Security Staff

Smaller subsets of mid to large organizations that want a CMMC Enclave

University or Academic research groups that have DOD Grants

Small Manufacturers with no on-premise servers other than licensing

FAQs

  • We cover up to 93% of your assessment objectives, and provide a Shared Responsibility Matrix and access to our CMMC package to assist you in your documentation efforts. We can further assist in creating your documentation if needed. We also recommend an optional MSP alignment & readiness engagement prior to your assessment in which we evaluate your documentation and the controls you are responsible for. 

  • You are responsible for creating your own documentation. We provide templates for required CMMC procedural, policy and system security plan (SSP) documentation as well as access to our completed documentation that has successfully passed CMMC Level 2 assessments (with the templates filled out). Optionally, we can create your custom documentation for you at a cost.

  • Yes, however it is heavily discounted if you choose to do an MSP Alignment and Readiness engagement OR continuous monitoring with our C3PAO personnel.

  • We are agnostic to the vendor you choose to be your C3PAO, but we do have a list of C3PAOs we have worked with in the past and know our services. Either way, your C3PAO assessment should be cheaper due to the reduced level of effort required by using Ariento’s CMMC Level 2 certified MSP services.

  • Typically between 2 and 6 weeks, as long as a data migration is not involved.

  • Yes, for an additional charge. As an authorized Microsoft AOS-G partner, we have performed hundreds if not thousands of data migrations for our customers.

  • Please try our quote tool above for budgetary pricing.

  • Yes, but it is billed separately by Ariento.