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CMMC Compliance for Michigan Manufacturers

CMMC 2.0 is mandatory for every Michigan manufacturer in the DoD supply chain. Most compliance services sell you software. We give you the sovereign hardware layer that software-only approaches cannot provide — because you cannot software your way out of a foreign cloud dependency.

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CMMC 2.0 — What Michigan Manufacturers Need to Know

The compliance clock is running.

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 framework is being phased into DoD contracts starting now. If your shop holds a prime contract or is a Tier 2/3 supplier to one, here is your current timeline:

  • CMMC Level 1 (17 practices) — Annual self-assessment now required for any contract with Federal Contract Information (FCI). This is the floor, not the ceiling.
  • CMMC Level 2 (110 practices from NIST 800-171) — Third-party assessment (C3PAO) required for contracts involving Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Being phased into solicitations now.
  • CMMC Level 3 (government-led assessment) — Required for the highest-sensitivity programs. Less common for small manufacturers.

If you have DFARS 252.204-7012 in any of your contracts, NIST 800-171 compliance is already contractually required. CMMC Level 2 adds the third-party verification requirement on top of that.

Why Michigan manufacturers are particularly exposed

Michigan is home to the highest concentration of defense-adjacent manufacturers in the country — TACOM suppliers, automotive-defense dual-use shops, precision machining firms, and electronics manufacturers. Many are operating under DFARS clauses without a current System Security Plan (SSP) or a clear understanding of their gap against the 110 controls.

The Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC) and the CyberSmart program provide gap assessments. What they assess against, however, is often a cloud-first architecture. Kavanagh Industries provides the sovereign hardware layer that changes the compliance math.

The Sovereign Hardware Advantage

Air-gap eliminates whole families of CMMC controls.

SC-7 — Boundary Protection
An air-gapped NAS with no external network path eliminates the boundary protection problem at the architecture level. Data cannot leave because it has no route out. No boundary to protect — the boundary is physical.
SC-8 — Transmission Confidentiality
Data that never traverses a network cannot be intercepted in transit. Air-gapped storage eliminates the transmission risk entirely for data at rest — the hardest transmission confidentiality problem disappears.
SA-9 — External System Services
Zero foreign cloud dependency means zero third-party processors handling your CUI. No AWS, no Google Cloud, no Azure foreign region. Michigan hardware, Michigan law. SA-9’s third-party risk assessment scope shrinks dramatically.
SC-28 — Protection at Rest
RigidVault uses encrypted-at-rest RAID storage on hardware under your physical or contractual control. Michigan jurisdiction means Michigan law governs any access request — not foreign data protection law.
MP-6 — Media Sanitization
Physical control of hardware means you control the entire disposal chain. No decommissioned cloud VM to worry about — physical drives, physical destruction, auditable chain of custody.
PE-3 — Physical Access Control
Hardware on your premises (Sovereign Node option) means you directly control physical access with your existing facility security. No data center badge-reader logs at a facility you cannot audit.
This does not mean sovereign hardware alone achieves CMMC Level 2. You still need access control policies, audit logging, incident response plans, and security awareness training. But the architecture gives you a materially cleaner starting point than cloud-first — and several of the hardest controls simply do not apply.
Michigan Resources + Kavanagh Industries

State programs + sovereign infrastructure = complete compliance path.

The Michigan PTAC (Procurement Technical Assistance Center), MMTC, and CyberSmart program are excellent starting points for CMMC gap assessment. We complement these programs — not replace them. Here is how they fit together:

  • MMTC / CyberSmart — Gap assessment against NIST 800-171 controls. Policy documentation support. Good for understanding where you stand.
  • Kavanagh Industries — Sovereign hardware layer. RigidVault for CUI-adjacent storage, RigidNode for on-premises compute, zero foreign cloud dependency. Gives your C3PAO assessor the infrastructure evidence they need for SC-7, SC-28, SA-9.
  • C3PAO — Third-party assessment organization that certifies your CMMC Level 2 compliance. They assess documentation + implementation. The sovereign hardware layer is the implementation evidence for the hardest controls.
Questions

CMMC for Michigan manufacturers — answered.

Check your contracts for DFARS 252.204-7012 (NIST 800-171 / CUI handling) and DFARS 252.204-7021 (CMMC requirement). If you handle Federal Contract Information but no CUI, Level 1 self-assessment applies. If you handle CUI — technical drawings, specifications, engineering data marked CUI — Level 2 third-party assessment applies. When in doubt, assume Level 2 and work backward.
If CUI flows through your work — technical data packages, drawings with CUI markings, specifications — then yes. The DoD is enforcing flow-down requirements to ensure CUI is protected at every tier, not just at the prime. Check your subcontract terms for DFARS 252.204-7012 and ask your prime directly if CUI flows to you.
No — we are the infrastructure provider. We give you the sovereign hardware layer (RigidVault, RigidNode) and the architecture documentation that a C3PAO assessor or compliance consultant can use as evidence. We do not write your SSP or conduct the formal assessment, but we provide the physical infrastructure those documents describe.
SAM.gov registration and CAGE code assignment are in progress as of Q2 2026. EIN, Michigan LLC documentation, and a letter of intent are available immediately. Contact us for current registration status.
TACOM (Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command) at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, MI is one of the primary commands driving unmanned systems, autonomous ground vehicle, and sovereign infrastructure requirements for the Army. Being 5 miles away means in-person meetings, joint development conversations, and integration discussions without travel overhead. Our product roadmap is directly informed by TACOM priorities.

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