New CMMC cybersecurity challenges threaten your eligibility for contracts and potentially face expensive and embarrassing penalties under the federal False Claims Act.
Our CMMC Certified Assessor can guide you through the complex, confusing, and unforgiving CMMC Level 2 assessment process. We can also help you validate that you aren't in trouble with your current self-assessment SPRS score.
Defense contractors are facing new CMMC cybersecurity challenges that threaten their eligibility for contracts and potentially face expensive and embarrassing penalties under the federal False Claims Act.
We are CMMC Certified Assessors and can guide you through the complex, confusing, and unforgiving CMMC Level 2 assessment process. We can also help you validate that you aren't in trouble with your current self-assessment SPRS score.
However you want to do CMMC, we can help.
Do It Yourself with your internal resources or an MSP.
Jump-Start Your Success with a certified CMMC expert.
Be Guided Throughout Your Journey by a certified CMMC expert.
"As a small manufacturer, CMMC Level 2 has challenged us because it is confusing and misunderstood by defense contractors and by IT service providers.
Thankfully, we are working with Semel Consulting."
Emily McBride, GGB Industries
CMMC isn’t new — just stricter. The rules to protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) have been in defense contracts since 2017. CMMC is a new assessment process created because most contractors ignored them.
CMMC Level 2 is brutally difficult. You’ll be judged on 320 assessment objectives — and must get a perfect score to pass.
Assessments cost $20K–$100K and focus on documentation — not just technology. Most IT teams and MSPs aren’t ready for that.
You’ll need hundreds of pages of mapped and verified documentation. Policies, procedures, and evidence must all line up — or you fail.
Level 1 matters, too. Even if you don’t handle CUI, you’re still responsible for protecting Federal Contract Information (FCI) with 15 basic cybersecurity practices. Do it right and you may reduce your CMMC costs.
Only CMMC Certified Assessors are trained and certified to evaluate compliance. Everyone else is watching— including Registered Practitioners and Certified Professionals.
We help you get it right the first time. From your executive orientation to a full readiness review, we’ll guide you every step of the way — and stay with you through the assessment.
Time is not on your side. Every day you wait increases your risk of failing the assessment — and losing your shot at defense contracts.
Every day you wait increases your chances being penalized for your cybersecurity before CMMC is in your contracts.
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who knows more and is a better resource than Mike Semel. You can count on him."
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CMMC Executive Jump-Start
You asked. We listened. And came up with a solution to help you do CMMC Level 2 right. And fast.
Your owner or top executive must legally attest to CMMC compliance — under penalty of the False Claims Act.
CMMC is here — and most contractors aren’t ready.
CMMC Level 2 assessments cost $20K–$100K and require a perfect score on 320 items. Fail, and you start over — while you’re ineligible for contracts.
Prime contractors are already demanding certification from their subs.
Most IT teams and MSPs are lost. Even non-IT managers have compliance responsibilities.
Get the scope wrong, and you’ll fail. CMMC scoping rules are strict — and misunderstood.
You need documentation you probably don’t have. Policies. Procedures. Evidence. Mapped to 320 assessment objectives.
Posted a high SPRS score? The government is penalizing contractors who can’t back it up.
That’s why we created the CMMC Executive Jump-Start.
✅ 1 day. On-site.
✅ Educates executives and managers without out-of-office time and travel expenses.
✅ Validates your CMMC scope so you aren't doomed to fail.
✅ Reviews your documentation and validates your current self-assessment SPRS score.
✅ Delivers a clear readiness report by a certified assessor.
Led by a CMMC Certified Assessor. No long-term commitment. Just answers. Fast.
CMMC Level 2 Assessment
Preparation Guidance
Our CMMC certified experts will guide you and be alongside you as you prepare,
CMMC is coming fast and most defense contractors aren't prepared.
Assessments cost $20K-$100K and require a perfect score for 320 items to pass. Failure means starting again and being ineligible for defense contracts in the meantime.
Prime contractors are demanding that the subs get certified now.
Many IT departments and Managed Service Providers (MSP) aren't sure what to do. There are also requirements for non-IT managers.
Our CMMC Certified Assessor can guide your team - step-by-step - through the preparation for your assessment to give you the confidence you need to succeed.
Contact us now. Every day you wait is another day of preventable risks.
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