Avatara Platform approach with Gray Analytics C3PAO assessments and services offer quantum reductions in time, costs, and risks of CMMC compliance

ST. LOUIS, Mo., and HUNTSVILLE, Al., December 5, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) requires contractor organizations within the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) to achieve CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification) compliance. CMMC requires DIB members to protect the DoD’s Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) by establishing and maintaining standardized security controls.

The risks, complexities, capabilities, and costs of CMMC compliance are daunting challenges for DoD contractors and can often spiral out of control with traditional “tech stack” approaches. CMMC compliance can require numerous layers of technologies and vendors and widening costs and execution time – often with uncertain outcomes due to the requirement for independent CMMC assessments.

Avatara and Gray Analytics collaborate to deliver a comprehensive end-to-end joint solution, featuring a unified platform designed to support achieving and maintaining compliance. Customers can also engage Gray Analytics, a Certified 3rd Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO), to deliver the independent assessment required for CMMC compliance. Gray Analytics can help achieve CMMC compliance through related technical services, when it is not providing assessment services.

“While every OSC’s (Organization Seeking Compliance) IT landscape and information workflows can differ, CMMC controls are standardized by design,” said Jim Reilly, VP of Partner & Strategic Account Sales for Avatara. “Avatara provides a purpose-built platform designed to readily and consistently establish and maintain a compliant environment for CUI. Using the Avatara PlatformSM is much simpler, cost-effective, and deterministic than individually adapting every CUI-engaging system within the IT landscape. Our partnership with Gray Analytics further helps DIB members clarify outcomes and significantly reduce risk by solving for the administrative and readiness complexities associated with the certification process.”

“Gray Analytics is authorized as a CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO) and a Registered Provider Organization (RPO) by the CMMC Accreditation Body (CMMC-AB). We have Certified CMMC Professionals (CCP) and Certified CMMC Assessors (CCA) on staff,” said Brandon Sessions, vice president of cybersecurity for Gray Analytics.

The Avatara Platform℠ enforces compliance within any environment by design with minimal customization and provides verifiable evidence of the core security principles of NIST 800-171 and CMMC certification, providing:

• A complete, outsourced IT solution spanning network, servers, storage, desktops, information workflows, email, applications, collaboration, telephony, etc.
• Mandated security controls are implemented using standardized and automated templates, and systematically enforced by robust systems to protect CUI
• Information storage resides within secure and compliant Tier 3+, Type 2 SOC 2, and SSAE18 data centers
• Implementation is performed in weeks vs. months or years when compared to traditional approaches
• Offered as a simple subscription model based on monthly per-user fees and requires no capital outlay

To learn more, visit Avatara and Gray Analytics at the 2024 Eastern Defense Summit in Charleston, SC, December 11-12, 2024. For more information, visit:
https://charlestondca.org/page/events_2024_eastern_defense_summit.

About Avatara

Avatara solves the problem of increasing cost, complexity, and compliance – the 3 Cs – in enterprise IT. For nearly 20 years, Avatara provides comprehensive managed IT solutions across a variety of industries, including aerospace, defense, manufacturing, engineering, healthcare, and banking. Avatara’s mission is rooted in simplifying the time, cost, and risk aspects of information technology systems, enabling clients to focus on core business objectives. Specializing in scalable IT solutions, the Avatara PlatformSM enables information technology, security, and compliance to be consumed as a true business utility via a simple subscription model with no capital cost.

For more information, please visit avataradod.com.

About Gray Analytics

From DevSecOps to Enterprise Cybersecurity, Gray Analytics provides best-practice services across a broad spectrum of cyber scenarios and applications, bringing clarity to the critical mission of cybersecurity. Gray Analytics is authorized as a Certified 3rd Party Assessment Organization for CMMC and offers services that make ongoing CMMC compliance easier at lower cost.

For more information, please visit www.grayanalytics.com.

Contact Information:
Jim Reilly
Vice President, Partner & Strategic Account Sales
Avatara
Office: 609.915.6515
Email: Jreilly@avataracloud.com

Brandon Sessions
Vice President of Cybersecurity Services
Gray Analytics
Office: 843.251.4397
Email: brandon.sessions@grayanalytics.com