Pass My CMMC is built by people who have spent years helping small defense contractors prepare for and get through their Level 2 assessments. We’ve been in the room presenting evidence and answering assessor questions when the pressure is on.
Along the way we’ve worked alongside MSSPs, MSPs, IT directors who suddenly became “the compliance person,” and business owners who had no idea what NIST 800-171 was until a prime told them they had six months to figure it out.
Why this site exists
We got tired of watching competent companies fail assessments they should have passed.
They weren’t insecure. They had the right tools. The problem was that nobody taught them how to talk about what they already had. The assessor asked a question and they froze, because they’d never practiced connecting “the thing we do every day” to “the thing NIST says we should do.”
Every other resource out there is a raw NIST PDF, a vendor whitepaper dressed up as education, or a consulting firm that hides everything behind a “schedule a call” button. We wanted to build something that’s actually useful without requiring you to hand over your email first.
What we’re not doing here
We don’t sell MSSP services. We’re not vendor reps. Nobody pays us to recommend their product.
If you have questions about assessment prep or want to work together directly, reach out. But the practice pages on this site are the real product. This information should exist somewhere that isn’t paywalled or buried in a 200-page PDF.
Our background
We came into CMMC consulting from security operations and managed services, spending years inside the environments that actually have to pass these assessments. That hands-on background taught us how to read a room and figure out what someone actually needs to hear when the pressure is on.
Turns out that’s the skill that matters most in a CMMC assessment room. The technical stuff is table stakes. The difference between a pass and a failure usually comes down to whether you can have a coherent conversation about your own security program.
Stay in the loop
We write about CMMC assessment prep on Substack. New practice breakdowns, common mistakes we’re seeing, and updates as the November 2026 deadline gets closer. Subscribe on Substack or reach us at passmycmmc@substack.com.