- Date: July 14, 2026
CMMC Phase 2 Suspended: The Plain-English FAQ for Small Defense Contractors Who Just Want a Straight Answer
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CMMC Phase 2 audits are suspended. Your NIST 800-171 and SPRS obligations are not. Read the plain-English breakdown →
Greypike builds and operates a managed enclave aligned to NIST SP 800-171 — so your controlled data stays contained, your scope stays tight, and CMMC and other compliance requirements become an outcome, not a project you chase.
We don’t hand you tools. We get you compliant.
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When controlled data lives everywhere — email, laptops, shared drives — your whole company falls into scope. Every system, every user, every device now has to meet NIST SP 800-171. That’s slower, costlier, and far harder to keep compliant over time.
CUI in too many places drags your entire environment into the assessment boundary — multiplying cost and effort.
The more systems in scope, the more controls to implement, document, and maintain — on every one of them.
A posture that’s “done” once drifts the moment the project ends — right before your next affirmation.
The fix is containment. Put your CUI in one managed, hardened environment — and most of your business falls out of scope entirely.
A hardened, audit-ready environment built in your own government-grade cloud, where your CUI is contained and NIST SP 800-171 compliance is engineered in from day one. You own the account; we run the environment and own the compliance outcome.
Controlled data lives in one hardened boundary — so most of your business falls out of assessment scope.
The 800-171 controls are built into the environment and kept current — not a separate project you manage.
The tenant is yours — we operate it on your behalf. No lock-in to a black-box you can’t see into or leave.
Evidence, documentation, and SPRS posture stay current — so your annual affirmation is the easy part, not a gamble.
The Managed Compliant Enclave is the foundation — the secure environment your CUI lives in, aligned to NIST SP 800-171. Everything else builds on top of it: keep it managed, add AI inside it, or commission custom work. One core, extended to fit you.
We keep the program ready — SSP, POA&M, evidence, and SPRS current month over month.
Run Copilot or Gemini inside the enclave — AI productivity that stays in-boundary.
Expert, RPA-led time for custom work, automation, and agents — built inside your boundary.
We build and run a hardened, audit-ready environment in your own Microsoft GCC High or Google Assured Workloads account. Your CUI is contained, your assessment scope stays tight, and NIST 800-171 compliance is built in — not bolted on.
Driven by CMMC — but the same enclave protects your CUI for DFARS, FAR, and other agency requirements that rest on NIST 800-171.
Real outcomes for real GovCon clients — from higher SPRS scores to protected contract value.
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We pair real compliance expertise with a proprietary platform — so you get product-level cost and visibility with consultant-level precision, delivered consistently and at scale.
A real consultant learns your environment and tailors the solution — our AI and automation platform delivers it faster and more consistently than any firm could by hand.
You don’t choose between a cheap, generic tool and an expensive consultant. You get both — the economics of a platform with the judgment of an expert.
Greypike is not a C3PAO, and that separation is by design. We make your compliance defensible; if third-party assessments return after the review, you'll already be ready.
When we enable AI, it runs as a capability inside your own accredited environment — not on Greypike systems. We build and govern it; your environment runs it.
Not sure which path is yours? It comes down to what data you handle and how big your team is.
If you store, process, or transmit Controlled Unclassified Information, the Managed Compliant Enclave is your foundation — and the path to CMMC Level 2 and a defensible SPRS score.
CMMC Level 2Federal Contract Information but no CUI? You need the 15 safeguards and an annual self-assessment — we make it defensible.
CMMC Level 1A solopreneur or micro team with a real but low-volume CUI footprint? A streamlined, fixed-price path built just for your size.
Compliance EssentialsA short scoping conversation maps your environment and shows exactly how the enclave fits. No pressure, no rubber stamp.