CMMC / Alabama
CMMC Level 2 for Alabama defense suppliers.
This page is for the small shops that hold up the Huntsville cluster. Engineering subs on Redstone Arsenal work, machine and test houses feeding missile defense primes, software and modeling firms with a handful of cleared engineers, and the two or three person outfits in Cummings Research Park that carry a DFARS clause in every subcontract they sign. If you have fewer than 25 people, no dedicated IT staff, and a prime asking for your score before the next task order, you are the reader we wrote this for.
Where the obligation actually stands
Third party certification is paused
The Phase 2 mechanism that was due from 10 November 2026 is on hold while the Department reviews it. That is the only thing that moved.
Your self assessment is not
Level 1 and Level 2 self assessment under DFARS 252.204-7021 has applied to covered solicitations since 10 November 2025, and a passing score remains a condition of award.
DFARS 252.204-7012 still applies
Safeguarding covered defense information and reporting cyber incidents did not change.
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 is still the standard
All 110 controls, assessed against the 800-171A objectives.
Flow down is unchanged
Primes remain responsible for the cybersecurity requirements that apply to subcontracted work.
The affirmation is still signed
Your Affirming Official affirms the score in SPRS annually. Signing an inflated score is a False Claims Act matter and it stays with you.
Where Alabama suppliers actually are
Here is where the obligation stands. Third party certification is paused. Nothing else moved. DFARS 252.204-7012 still applies. NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 still applies. The self assessment obligation under DFARS 252.204-7021 still applies, and your score in the Supplier Performance Risk System is still the number your prime and your contracting officer look at. A paused assessor pipeline does not pause any of that.
What to do first, and why the gap assessment is the gate
Start with a gap assessment against all 110 controls. It is the gate because everything downstream depends on it. Your score, your System Security Plan, your plan of action, and your remediation spend all trace back to what the gap assessment finds. Guessing at a score you cannot defend is the expensive mistake.
What we will not do
We will not take custody of your CUI. We will not call ourselves a C3PAO or an accredited assessor, because we are neither. We will not sell you tools you do not need or promise a certificate nobody can issue right now.
Find out where you stand in Alabama.
No sales sequence, and no number put in front of you that we cannot defend.
If you are a defense supplier under 25 people, start with the grant. Cyber Grants Alliance, a nonprofit, awards a fully funded gap assessment. It costs you nothing and you are under no obligation to buy anything afterwards, from us or from anyone.