Why Our Customers Love Akitra®
Why Our Customers Love Akitra®
Why Our Customers Love Akitra®
Automate evidence collection, continuously monitor controls, streamline your annual self-assessment, and stay CMMC audit-ready year-round.
Win More Defense
Contracts
By meeting DoD security requirements for FCI and CUI.
Speed Up Prime Contractor Security Reviews
With organized, evidence-backed controls.
Build Trust With
Confidence
With primes, contracting officers, and partners.
Differentiate Your
Company
With a recognized federal security framework.
Create a Foundation for Compliance
Across NIST SP 800-171, ISO 27001, and other frameworks.
Reduce Risk of Contract
Loss
From non-compliance as CMMC clauses phase into DoD contracts.
CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification) is the U.S. Department of Defense’s framework for verifying that contractors protect Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).Â
CMMC Level 1
applies to organizations that handle FCI only. It’s aligned to the 15 basic safeguarding requirements in FAR 52.204-21, covering areas like access control, identification and authentication, media protection, and physical protection. Level 1 is verified through an annual self-assessment, completed and affirmed by a senior company official, no third-party assessor is required, and results don’t require a formal SSP or POA&M.Â
CMMC Level 2
applies to organizations that handle CUI. It requires alignment with NIST SP 800-171’s 110 requirements, a documented System Security Plan (SSP), a Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M) for any open gaps, and once Phase 2 requirements take effect, certification by a Certified Third-Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO) for most contracts.
Achieving CMMC Level 1 is one challenge. Maintaining audit-ready evidence and preparing for your next self-assessment, or a future Level 2 assessment, is another.
Manual Evidence
Collection
Collecting evidence for CMMC controls manually can take weeks and requires coordination across IT, security, and contracts teams, increasing the risk of errors and gaps.
Spreadsheet-Driven Compliance Tracking
Many contractors track CMMC controls, FCI boundaries, and policies in spreadsheets, leading to lost data and difficulty proving readiness on demand.
Complex FCI/CUI
Scoping
Identifying which systems, users, and vendors touch FCI or CUI, and keeping that boundary accurate as the environment changes, is one of the most common sources of CMMC delay.
Time-Consuming Annual Self-Assessment
Preparing evidence and documentation for the annual Level 1 self-assessment and affirmation often takes weeks when done manually, and must be repeated every year.
Cross-Functional Compliance Coordination
CMMC readiness spans security, IT, contracts, legal, and leadership. Poor coordination leads to incomplete evidence and missed affirmation deadlines.
Subcontractor & Supply Chain Flow-Down
CMMC obligations flow down to every subcontractor touching FCI or CUI, tracking who’s in scope and staying current as your supply chain changes is easy to underestimate.
Automate the most time-consuming parts of CMMC compliance, from evidence collection and control monitoring to policy management and affirmation reporting.
Automated Evidence
Collection
Automatically collect and organize CMMC evidence from cloud, SaaS, identity, HR, and security systems through 300+ integrations.
Continuous Control Monitoring
& Risk Identification
Monitor CMMC controls in real time and proactively identify compliance gaps, missing evidence, misconfigurations, and drift.
Adaptive Control &
Framework Alignment
Align controls and policies with CMMC Level 1 while reusing evidence across frameworks such as NIST SP 800-171, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIST CSF 2.0.
Instant Affirmation-
Ready Reporting
Generate self-assessment reports, affirmation packages, and comprehensive evidence documentation in minutes instead of weeks.
AI Control Score
Measure control effectiveness and gain real-time visibility into your SOC 2 compliance posture with AI-generated scoring and insights.
AI Policy Assessment
Identify policy gaps, missing controls, inconsistencies, and framework alignment issues with AI-powered policy analysis.
Akitra simplifies CMMC compliance by bringing controls, evidence, risks, and policies into one platform for continuous audit readiness.
One Platform for CMMC Compliance
Centralize controls, evidence, risks, policies, vendors, and self-assessments.
Faster CMMC
Readiness
Reduce manual effort with automated workflows and 300+ integrations.
Agentic AI-Powered Automation
Automate the most time-consuming parts of CMMC compliance with AI.
Continuous Compliance, Not Point-in-Time Assessments
Stay audit-ready year-round with continuous monitoring and evidence collection.
One Compliance Program, Multiple Frameworks
Reuse CMMC controls, policies, and evidence across NIST SP 800-171, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIST CSF 2.0.
Built for Defense Contractors & Federal Growth
Meet evolving DoD security expectations without slowing down delivery.
Maximize reuse of existing frameworks to reduce effort and accelerate CMMC readiness.
Reuse existing 800-171 controls and evidence to accelerate CMMC Level 1 readiness.
Leverage CSF 2.0 outcomes to strengthen governance, risk, and resilience.
Map ISO 27001 controls and evidence to reduce duplication and audit fatigue.
Align with FedRAMP and federal requirements to support broader government opportunities.
Vendor Risk Management
Assess and monitor subcontractors and vendors with questionnaires and risk scoring.
User Access Reviews
Automate access reviews and enforce least privilege across systems handling FCI/CUI.
Security Questionnaires
Respond to prime contractor questionnaires faster with centralized, reusable answers.
Cloud Security / CSPM
Continuously monitor cloud configurations and close security gaps automatically.
Evidence
Automation
300+ integrations, continuous collection and validation
CMMC Level 1
Templates
Control library, policies, self-assessment checklist, affirmation package
SSP / POA&M Readiness (Level 2)
Structured SSP workspace, gap and remediation tracker
Trust Center
Public/private status cards, NDA-gated documents, and verification badges.
Assessment Path
Readiness automation today; independent C3PAO handoff when required
See how Akitra helps defense contractors prove compliance, win more business, and stay ready, continuously.
See how Akitra helps defense contractors prove compliance, win more business, and stay ready, continuously.
See how Akitra helps defense contractors prove compliance, win more business, and stay ready, continuously.
CMMC Level 1 requires basic safeguarding of Federal Contract Information (FCI) under FAR 52.204-21. It applies to most DoD contractors handling FCI and is verified through an annual self-assessment with a senior official’s affirmation, no third-party assessor required.
Yes, for DoD contractors handling FCI or CUI. CMMC Phase 1 self-assessment and SPRS reporting requirements are in effect now under the 2024 final rule and 2025 DFARS rule. Phase 2 (mandatory third-party certification) was suspended by DoD on July 13, 2026 pending a program review, contractors should still treat self-assessment accuracy and SPRS scores as enforceable requirements today.
Level 1 covers basic safeguarding of FCI via annual self-assessment. Level 2 covers protection of CUI, aligns to NIST SP 800-171’s 110 requirements, and generally requires a third-party assessment by a C3PAO rather than self-attestation.
Your Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) score reflects your NIST SP 800-171 self-assessment results and is used by DoD contracting officers to evaluate contract eligibility.
No. CMMC Level 1 is satisfied through an annual self-assessment and affirmation by a senior company official. C3PAO assessments are required for most CMMC Level 2 certifications and all Level 3 assessments.
Yes. Akitra provides guided workflows, automated evidence collection, and built-in attestations to complete and affirm your annual CMMC Level 1 self-assessment.
Trust Center badges display your validated control status and self-assessment readiness. Share your Trust Center link so customers and primes can view your current compliance posture.
Not currently. Akitra provides CMMC readiness automation and implementation workflow support. For formal Level 2/3 assessments, Akitra supports a customer-controlled handoff to an independent, authorized C3PAO.