Engineering Firms:
Your Design Data Is Unprotected CUI.
You engineer the systems that defend this country.
Your FEA models predict how structures survive real-world combat loads.
Your CAD assemblies, your requirements specs, your test plans. All of it is Controlled Unclassified Information.
And right now, most of it is sitting on personal laptops, consumer cloud storage, and unencrypted email threads.
The Threat Engineering Firms
Are Not Taking Seriously
Engineering services represent billions of dollars in annual DoD contract spending.
From systems engineering to structural analysis to embedded software development, engineering firms touch some of the most sensitive technical data in the defense supply chain. Every design review package, every simulation output, every requirements document is potential CUI.
CMMC Level 2 demands full protection of all 110 NIST 800-171 controls. Not a partial plan. Not a spreadsheet of intentions. Verified implementation.
Right now, engineers across the defense industrial base are sharing massive CAD assemblies through consumer cloud storage services like Dropbox and Google Drive. Simulation data lives on personal laptops that travel home every night. Subcontractor engineers have VPN access but no multi-factor authentication. Design review documents get emailed to distribution lists with no encryption.
When CMMC enforcement ramps up, engineering firms that have not locked down their CUI will be cut out of the defense supply chain entirely.
12-18 Months
Typical timeline to achieve CMMC Level 2 for engineering firms with complex CAD environments, distributed teams, and subcontractor access.
Simulation Data at Risk
FEA results, CFD outputs, and system models stored on engineer workstations without encryption or access controls. Every file is potential CUI exposure.
Design File Sprawl
CAD/CAM models in SolidWorks, CATIA, and NX scattered across local drives, shared folders, and personal cloud accounts without any CUI boundary.
We Get Engineering Firms CMMC-Ready.
From the CAD Workstation to the C-Suite.
CMMC Ready Now, powered by Capital Cyber, is the compliance partner built for engineering firms that need to protect CAD models, simulation data, and technical specifications without disrupting the engineering workflow.
CMMC Gap Assessment
We audit your engineering workstations, CAD file repositories, simulation environments, and collaboration platforms against all 110 NIST 800-171 controls. You get a clear, prioritized roadmap.
Remediation & Implementation
From encrypting CAD libraries to locking down simulation servers and securing subcontractor VPN access, we do the hands-on technical work. Not slide decks. Real security fixes.
System Security Plan (SSP)
Full SSP development covering your CAD/CAM tools, FEA platforms, PLM systems, and engineering collaboration environments. Custom documentation that C3PAO assessors actually accept.
Plan of Action & Milestones
Strategic POA&M that addresses the unique gaps in engineering environments, from distributed design teams to subcontractor data exchange to lab instrumentation networks.
Continuous Monitoring
Around-the-clock monitoring across engineering, lab, and administrative networks. Compliance is not a one-time event. We keep you certified year after year.
Assessment Prep & Mock Audits
Full dress rehearsal before your C3PAO assessment. We simulate the real audit so your engineering leads and IT teams know exactly what to expect on assessment day.
Built for Every Discipline of Defense Engineering
Whether you are performing structural analysis on airframe components or developing embedded control software for ground vehicles, your CUI requires the same level of protection. We understand the tools, the workflows, and the data that define your discipline.
Systems Engineering
Structural Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Software Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Test & Evaluation
Modeling & Simulation
Program Management
Trusted by Defense Engineering Firms Nationwide
Real results from real engineering firms. Here is what our clients say.
“We had system engineering documents and requirements specs stored across SharePoint, local drives, and email attachments with no access controls. Capital Cyber mapped our entire data flow, identified every CUI touchpoint, and helped us build a secure enclave that our engineers actually use. We passed our C3PAO assessment on the first attempt.”
Chief Engineer
Systems Engineering Firm, Virginia
“Our structural analysis team was running FEA simulations on workstations connected to the general office network. Results files were backed up to an unencrypted NAS. The CMMC Ready Now team understood our ANSYS and Nastran workflows and built a compliance architecture that protects CUI without slowing down our analysis cycles.”
Engineering Director
Structural Analysis Firm, Maryland
“Rick and his team actually understand defense software engineering environments. They did not hand us a generic checklist. They came in, saw how our developers work with ITAR-controlled source code and simulation models, and designed a security posture that fits the way engineers actually work. Best investment we have made.”
Partner
Defense Software Engineering Firm, Colorado
Your Path to CMMC Certification
Simple. Structured. Built for engineering firms.
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Free, no-obligation consultation. We will assess where your engineering firm stands and whether CMMC Ready Now is the right fit for your compliance needs.
Comprehensive Gap Assessment
Our team performs a full analysis of your CAD workstations, simulation servers, PLM systems, collaboration tools, and subcontractor access points against all 110 NIST 800-171 controls.
Remediation & Implementation
We work alongside your engineering and IT teams to close every gap. Encrypted design repositories, access-controlled simulation environments, segmented lab networks, secured subcontractor connections, and complete documentation.
Assessment Prep & Certification
Mock audits, SSP review, evidence collection across your entire engineering operation. When you walk into your C3PAO assessment, you are ready.
Let me be direct with you.
Your firm engineers the systems, the structures, and the software that the warfighter depends on every day.
Those CAD models are not just intellectual property. They are classified as Controlled Unclassified Information by the Department of Defense.
Your finite element analysis results. Your system engineering documents. Your requirements specifications. Your design review packages and test plans.
All of it is CUI. And CMMC does not care that your firm has been engineering for the DoD for 20 years.
It cares whether your CAD files are encrypted at rest and in transit. Whether your simulation servers have role-based access controls. Whether your design data lives on segmented, monitored networks with proper audit logging.
Not next quarter. Not next year. Right now.
The engineering firms that move first will lock in assessor slots.
They will win the next round of contracts.
They will be the ones still in the supply chain when the dust settles.
Will your firm be one of them?
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