System Security Plan, policy and POA&M for defense electronics manufacturers
An SSP that names every station on your line.
We write the System Security Plan, policy set and POA&M for defense electronics manufacturers, describing your CAM station, line equipment, testers and programming benches as they actually run. Capital Cyber, based in Leesburg, Virginia, provides System Security Plan, policy and POA&M for defense electronics manufacturers and works on-site across Northern Virginia.
For electronics manufacturers who know their gaps and need the documents written.
How does the SSP describe line equipment?
Placement machines, AOI, X-ray and reflow ovens are operational technology. Functional and in-circuit testers are test equipment. The SSP lists each in the asset inventory, shows it on the network diagram, and explains how you manage it, which is what the scoping rule asks for Specialized Assets.
What does a configuration baseline look like for test stations?
A record of the operating system, the test software and its version, the fixture programs installed, the network it sits on, and who may change any of it. When a new program version is loaded, the baseline and the change record move together.
This is where configuration management carries more weight than in a typical office: the tester is the asset most likely to drift and least likely to be patched.
Which policies change for a contract electronics manufacturer?
Media protection covers the data package, printed assembly drawings at the line, and the USB sticks or network shares used to move programs to machines. Removable media rules say which devices may carry programs and how they are checked. Maintenance policy covers equipment vendors who connect remotely to service a machine.
What lands on the POA&M?
Every requirement not yet met, the fix, and the owner. Common entries on an electronics line include tester PCs running unsupported software, shared line logins, and an undocumented path for moving firmware to the programming bench.
Which requirements does this touch?
NIST SP 800-171CM.L2-3.4.1
System Baselining
Baselines and inventory cover the CAM station, testers and programming benches. Evidence is a current inventory with software versions per station.
CM.L2-3.4.2
Security Configuration Enforcement
Tester PCs are configured to do testing and little else. Evidence is the configuration settings and a check that they are still applied.
MP.L2-3.8.7
Removable Media
USB devices used to move programs to the line are controlled. Evidence is a written rule, a list of approved devices, and settings that enforce it.
MP.L1-3.8.3
Media Disposal
A retired tester PC or programming bench drive is sanitized before it leaves. Evidence is a sanitization record per device.
CA.L2-3.12.4
System Security Plan
The SSP describes the boundary, the line equipment as Specialized Assets, and the customer file exchange. Evidence is a plan that matches the floor.
What do you receive?
SCOPED PER CLIENTA System Security Plan for your line
Written against your environment as it actually is, test stations and line equipment included.
The policy set behind it
Each policy mapped to the requirements it satisfies.
A POA&M
Every open requirement, what closing it requires, and who owns it.
Documents you keep
Documents your own team can maintain as stations and customers change.
Written from your current state
From a recent gap assessment, or starting with one if you do not have it.
What does this service not include?
Documentation, not remediation: we write the plan and the policies, we do not implement the controls they describe or collect your evidence under this engagement. We are not an Authorized C3PAO.
The full service, for any industry: System Security Plan, policy and POA&M. Where most engagements start: the CMMC Level 2 gap assessment.
Questions we hear
Do our testers need a full security baseline in the SSP?
They need to be listed, shown on the network diagram, and described in the SSP with how you manage them. A recorded configuration and a controlled way to change it is what makes that description credible.
Can one SSP cover two production lines?
Yes, if both are inside the same assessment scope. The SSP describes each line's equipment and how data reaches it.
Do you implement the controls in the SSP?
Not under this service. We write the plan, the policies and the POA&M. Implementing controls and collecting evidence is separate work.
What if we have no gap assessment?
We start with one, because a plan written before the gaps are known describes an environment nobody has checked.
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Book a 30-minute call.
BOOK A CALLScoped per client, so the first step is a conversation. Pick a time.
What happens in 30 minutes
- We learn about your business and the defense contracts you hold or are bidding on.
- We walk you through a gap assessment, the first step toward CMMC, and what it covers.
- If you qualify, we help you apply to Cyber Grants Alliance for an in-kind grant, which provides the gap assessment itself. No slides.
Talk to us about it.
This is scoped per client, not priced on a page. Tell us what you have and we will tell you what it takes.
Defense supplier under 75 people? Start with the grant.
Cyber Grants Alliance, a nonprofit, awards in-kind cybersecurity grants. It provides the work itself, including CMMC Level 1 and Level 2 gap assessments. There is no cost to you, and you are under no obligation to buy anything afterward, from us or from anyone.