COMPLIANCE
Compliance Shouldn't Be a Fire Drill.
But for most businesses, that's exactly what it is. The auditor calls. The insurance renewal hits. The contract requires a certification you don't have. And suddenly compliance goes from "we'll get to it" to "we needed this yesterday."
SSO helps you get ahead of it. Whether you're a defense contractor facing CMMC, a California business navigating CCPA, or a company that just wants to know where it stands before someone else finds out for you.
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CMMC Phase 2 starts November 2026. Third-party assessments become mandatory. Only 0.5% of defense contractors are certified. We help you get assessor-ready for Level 1 and Level 2, from gap analysis through remediation. No handoffs. We do the security work ourselves.
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Annual security reviews, cyber insurance renewals, or a first-time look under the hood. Our assessment gives you a clear, prioritized picture of your security posture with actionable recommendations. Not a scary PDF designed to sell you products. A real evaluation you can use.
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California privacy law expanded significantly on January 1, 2026. New requirements for cybersecurity audits, risk assessments, and automated decision-making technology mean that "compliant enough" from last year may not cut it this year. We assess where you stand and close the gaps.
We Don't Just Find the Gaps. We Close Them.
Most compliance consultants audit your environment, hand you a report, and leave you to figure out the rest. SSO assesses, recommends, and implements. Same team, same engagement. When we identify a control that's missing or a policy that needs to exist, we build it. You don't need to hire a second firm to do the work the first firm recommended.
That's what happens when your compliance partner is also a cybersecurity company with roots in the U.S. Intelligence Community. We didn't just learn compliance from a textbook. We learned it in environments where compliance failures had consequences measured in national security.
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It depends on your industry, your clients, and the data you handle. Defense contractors and subcontractors handling Controlled Unclassified Information need CMMC. Businesses collecting personal information from California residents above certain revenue thresholds need CCPA. Companies with cyber insurance policies increasingly need documented security programs and regular assessments to maintain coverage. Many businesses are subject to more than one framework. If you're not sure which applies, that's exactly what the Strategy Session is for. We'll walk through your situation and tell you which frameworks matter for your business.
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Yes. And that's one of the biggest advantages of working with a single partner. The security controls required by CMMC, CCPA, HIPAA, PCI, and most cyber insurance mandates overlap significantly. When we build your compliance program, we design it to satisfy multiple frameworks simultaneously so you're not duplicating effort or paying twice for the same underlying work. One security program. Multiple compliance outcomes.
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A compliance assessment evaluates your practices against a specific regulatory framework, for example CMMC's 110 controls or CCPA's data handling requirements. A cybersecurity assessment evaluates your overall security posture regardless of any particular regulation. In practice, they overlap heavily because strong security is the foundation of most compliance frameworks. Many of our clients start with a cybersecurity assessment to understand their baseline, then build specific compliance programs on top of what they find.
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We fix it. That's what separates SSO from most compliance consultants. We assess your environment, identify the gaps, and implement the controls, policies, and documentation needed to close them. Same team, same engagement. You don't need to hire a second firm to execute the recommendations we make. Our founders came from the Intelligence Community where identifying a vulnerability and not fixing it wasn't an option. We brought that mindset to everything we do.
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It depends on where you're starting and which framework you're working toward. A cybersecurity assessment can be completed in weeks. CCPA compliance work typically runs 30 to 90 days depending on the complexity of your data practices. CMMC preparation for Level 2 takes 9 to 12 months for most organizations because of the 110 controls involved. During a Strategy Session, we can give you a realistic timeline based on your specific situation.
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Not automatically. Compliance means you meet the minimum requirements of a specific framework. Security means your business is actually protected against real threats. The good news is that SSO approaches compliance through a security-first lens. We don't build programs that check boxes but leave you exposed. We build security programs that happen to satisfy compliance requirements. That's a meaningful difference in how your business is actually protected day to day.
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Absolutely. Many of our compliance clients have existing IT teams or providers handling their day-to-day operations. We work alongside them without stepping on toes. Your IT handles the infrastructure. We handle the compliance program, security controls, documentation, and audit readiness. If at some point you want one team handling everything, we offer full Managed IT services as well. But there's no pressure to consolidate.