The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification is required for all Department of Defense contractors handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Our testers validate your NIST 800-171 controls and deliver assessment-ready evidence packages so you pass your C3PAO assessment the first time.
NIST 800-171 mapped findings
Level 2 & Level 3 assessment prep
C3PAO-ready evidence packages
Free retest included
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CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification) is the Department of Defense's framework for verifying that defense contractors protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) at an appropriate level. CMMC 2.0 aligns with NIST SP 800-171 and requires third-party assessment by a C3PAO (Certified Third-Party Assessment Organization) for Level 2 certification.
For MSPs serving defense industrial base clients, CMMC compliance is a contract requirement. Penetration testing validates that your technical controls across 14 practice domains actually prevent unauthorized access to CUI — and our reports give your C3PAO the evidence they need.
At Affordable Pentesting, our certified testers map every finding to NIST SP 800-171 practice domains. Your C3PAO assessor gets the evidence they need for a clean Level 2 or Level 3 certification:
System access, remote access, and information flow enforcement tested against CUI protection requirements.
Boundary protection, encryption validation, and comms security for CUI in transit and at rest.
MFA testing, password policy validation, and identity management for all CUI-handling systems.
Vuln scanning, risk identification, and threat assessment validating your posture meets Level 2 and Level 3.
CMMC 2.0 Level 2 requires compliance with NIST 800-171 control RA.L2-3.11.3, which mandates remediation of vulnerabilities identified through scanning and testing. Pentesting is the standard method for validating control effectiveness before your C3PAO assessment.
We recommend pentesting 60-90 days before your scheduled C3PAO assessment. This gives you time to remediate findings and conduct a retest to verify fixes before the assessor arrives.
Pentesting primarily validates controls in Access Control (AC), System & Communications Protection (SC), Identification & Authentication (IA), and Risk Assessment (RA) families. Our reports map each finding to the specific NIST 800-171 practice.
Yes. We've assessed 100+ MSP environments and understand the CUI boundary challenges in shared infrastructure. We test tenant isolation, RMM/PSA access controls, and shared service security specific to MSP architectures.