§01 · SERVICES FOR C3PAOS

Your Backlog Is Costing You Revenue

On-demand access to 25+ vetted CMMC Certified Assessors (CCAs), so you can take on more Level 2 assessments without the overhead of full-time hires.

Increase throughput and revenue while maintaining quality and control. Our assessors work under your authority and your processes.

FILE 03-C · WHAT CHANGES FOR YOU
  • 01More mock and Level 2 assessments completed each quarter.
  • 02Shorter scheduling backlogs for the OSCs already in your pipeline.
  • 03More revenue capacity, with no added permanent headcount.
  • 04Your authority, methodology, and reputation stay intact.
LEAD CCAS AND CCAS, DEPLOYED AS 1099S
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FIELD NOTE

You’re turning down Level 2 work, or pushing OSCs months out, because you can’t recruit and vet Lead CCAs fast enough, and every assessor you do bring on carries your name into the room. Leave the backlog alone and it keeps handing your OSCs to whoever can get them on the calendar first.

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ASSESSOR CAPACITY

Built to scale your assessment business.

Immediate access to a large, experienced team of Lead CCAs and CCAs, vetted by people who run assessments themselves. You stay focused on your clients and business development; we supply assessors who integrate into your teams.

As demand for CMMC assessments grows, assessor availability becomes the primary growth constraint. We remove that barrier.
THE CONSTRAINT WE REMOVE
01 · ON-DEMAND BENCH

On-demand access to Lead CCAs and CCAs

A vetted bench of 25+ experienced assessors, ready to join your assessment teams and operate under your authority and processes.
02 · MOCK + OFFICIAL

Mock and official Level 2 support

Assessors for both mock assessments and official CMMC Level 2 assessments, so you can expand readiness validation and certification delivery together.
03 · FLEXIBLE

Flexible assessor augmentation

On-demand or ongoing augmentation to handle surge demand, cover scheduling constraints, and increase throughput, without permanent headcount.
04 · QUALITY

Consistent, high-quality execution

Assessors trained on current CMMC requirements and aligned to your methodology, delivering objective, fair, repeatable assessments that protect your reputation and accreditation.
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C3PAO LAUNCH SUPPORT

Launch with clients and credibility, not just an accreditation.

Accreditation looked like the hard part. Building a sellable, repeatable assessment operation is the part nobody prepared you for. We’ve guided candidate and new C3PAOs from application through productive sales and assessment operations, and made the mistakes already so you don’t have to.

01

Tell us where you are

Candidate, newly accredited, or stuck before your first booked assessment. We start from your actual position.

02

Stand up process & pricing

Build a repeatable assessment process and price your work so it’s sellable and profitable.

03

Staff your first assessments

Our Lead CCAs and CCAs help you deliver your first engagements credibly, while you build your own bench.

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YOUR GUIDE

Talk to the people who run assessments every week.

Contact 1st Defense CMMC to discuss how our experienced CCAs can help you execute more assessments and grow your business.

Mark DeBry

Mark DeBry

PRESIDENT & CO-FOUNDER

Lead CCA · CCP/CCA Instructor · CMMC Industry Speaker

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Jerry Bell

Jerry Bell

Director of CMMC Readiness

Mike Forgione

Mike Forgione

Director, Cyber Operations · Lead CCA

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NEXT STEP

Let’s accelerate your growth.

Turn on-demand capacity into a competitive advantage: more assessments completed, fewer scheduling constraints, and more revenue, without adding internal resource costs.

Tell us your forecast. We staff against it.

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