CMMC Level 2 · C3PAO third-party assessed
We are CMMC Level 2 Certified.
99.5% of MSPs are not CMMC certified. Dynamic Quest is. And we’re ready for you.
Scenario one
Your MSP isn’t CMMC certified.
Less than 1% are certified. Dynamic Quest is experienced and ready to accelerate your compliance. If yours isn’t, your contract eligibility is on the clock.
See your options
You’re not alone, and you have three ways to fix it without losing your DoD revenue.
- Do It For Me. Fully managed, comprehensive IT and cybersecurity for your CUI enclave, commercial team, or both. We replace your current MSP and run everything: managed IT for the whole workforce, plus the certified CMMC enclave for your CUI handlers.
- Do It With Me. Co-managed IT and cybersecurity for your CUI enclave, commercial team, or both.
- Fastest and Lowest Risk Path. CUI-handler seats inside our certified environment; your existing IT operation stays untouched. The quickest way to a compliant footprint with the least disruption.
110/110
NIST 800-171 practices implemented
GCC High
Microsoft Government Community
Cloud
FIPS 140-2
Validated encryption
24×7×365
SOC and continuous monitoring
Scenario two
Your internal team isn’t ready, or it’s cost-prohibitive.
Building CMMC in-house runs 12–24 months and a single compliance hire alone costs $84K–$132K+. CMMC 2.0 compliance requires thousands of hours and onerous documentation, FedRAMP compliant tech stacks and testing. Dynamic Quest has done most of the heavy lifting for you.
See the math
Don’t buy a compliance program. Rent a certified one.
- Minimize internal FTE. A full CMMC team (CISO, GRC, SOC engineers) replaced by inherited infrastructure. Industry data shows 40–60% lower cost than hiring in-house.
- Inherit a FedRAMP-aligned tech stack & documentation. No six-figure tooling stack. SIEM, MDR, vulnerability management, GCC High licensing, GRC platform: all included in the seat, all already built.
- Fastest and lowest-risk path. No 12–24-month build. Onboard into a certified environment in weeks, not years. Audit-ready evidence from day one.
$138K–$210K
Avg. in-house Level 2 program cost (IBSSCORP, 2026)
$84K–$132K+
Single compliance hire (BEMO, 2025)
40–60% less
MSSP vs. in-house cost (IBSSCORP, 2026)
Day 1
Continuous evidence vs. scrambled pre-audit
Your fastest path
Dynamic Quest is CMMC 2.0 certified. You inherit a proven control environment instead of building one from scratch. The DIY timeline runs 12 to 24 months. Dynamic Quest is your fastest path to operations, 60–120 days. Lower your risk with a comprehensive solution and predictable, scalable pricing models.
Cost avoidance, not cost addition
Industry data shows MSSPs deliver CMMC coverage at 40–60% lower cost than dedicated in-house hires, where a single compliance hire alone runs $84K–$132K+.
Minimize your revenue-loss risk
Protects your flow-down obligations under DFARS 252.204-7012, -7019, -7020, -7021, and keeps you eligible to bid. Materially reduces False Claims Act exposure under the DOJ Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative.
Audit readiness on day one
Evidence artifacts (policies, logs, tickets, training records) maintained continuously, not scrambled before assessment. Our GRC team supports your C3PAO directly.
- 99.5% of MSPs are not CMMC certified
- 1% of defense contractors report being fully prepared
- 24×7×365 SOC and continuous monitoring
The economics
CMMC’s biggest cost is the people you don’t need to hire.
Two structural choices change the math: only your CUI handlers carry the premium seat cost,
and you don’t build the certified environment yourself.
- Only your CUI handlers need premium-grade seats. Everyone else stays on regular DQ Complete or DQ Complete Plus.
Building it in-house
$138K–$210K
Total CMMC Level 2 program cost for an SMB. A single in-house compliance hire alone runs $84K–$132K+.
Program cost: IBSSCORP, 2026 · Personnel: BEMO, 2025
With Dynamic Quest
40–60% less
Industry data shows MSSPs deliver equivalent coverage at 40–60% lower cost than dedicated in-house hires.
Nov 10, 2025
Phase 1 took effect. DoD may now require certification as a condition of award.
Nov 10, 2026
Phase 2 begins. Third-party C3PAO assessment becomes the default for CUI contracts.
Into 2027
Where C3PAO assessor schedules currently extend for new engagements
What we're seeing across the defense industrial base
The state of CMMC readiness, by the numbers
Independent industry research and Cyber AB data point to a structural mismatch between the contractors who need to be CMMC-ready and the providers operating to the same standard. Here’s the picture as of early 2026. Why does CMMC exist?
Reported preparedness
1%
The share of defense contractors who say they're fully prepared for CMMC, down from 4% the year prior. The remaining 99% are somewhere between unaware and mid-remediation.
2025 State of the Defense Industrial Base Report, CyberSheath / Merrill Research, October 2025
Active certificates issued
896 of
~76,000–80,000
As of February 2026, only 896 contractors out of an estimated 76,000–80,000 across the defense industrial base held final CMMC Level 2 certificates, roughly 1.2% of the population that needs it. The median SPRS score across defense contractors sits at 60 out of the 110 that represents full NIST 800-171 compliance.
Certificate count: Cyber AB February 2026 Town Hall. SPRS data: 2025 State of the DIB Report, CyberSheath / Merrill Research, October 2025
Why this matters for you
Dynamic Quest
is one of the few
99.5% of managed service providers are not CMMC certified. Fewer than one in 2,000 has built and operates to the CMMC Level 2 standard themselves. With under 800 certified assessors available against an estimated 2,000–3,000 needed, the supply of qualified partners is small relative to the demand. Contractors who engage early in the cycle have meaningfully more options than those who wait for a renewal to force the issue.
Cyber AB authorized provider data, 2026; assessor-supply estimate per Theodosian, March 2026
The hard part is already done
We’ve spent nearly 10,000 hours on CMMC.
Our work is now your work.
Not only the easy button but the lowest risk and cost option. CMMC Level 2 isn’t a paperwork exercise. It’s an end-to-end transformation of how an IT environment is architected, operated, monitored, and evidenced. Independent industry research puts a real number on the effort.
~10,000 hrs
Dynamic Quest’s own investment to reach certification
Engineering, security, GRC & leadership · multi-year program
6–18 mo
typical Level 2 readiness timeline
Huntress, 2026 · longer with significant gaps
110
NIST 800-171 practices we’ve already implemented and evidenced
Cyber AB · every control, validated by our C3PAO
You scope your CUI work into an environment that’s already certified, already operating, and already audit-ready, so you don’t have to run that program yourself.
Engagement Overview
How an engagement comes together
To engage, contractors begin with onboarding discovery, then move into a quote as a Dynamic Quest customer with their CUI work scoped into our certified CMMC enclave, along with any other services needed. Investment is sized to your environment after a conversation with a CMMC specialist on our team.
How the engagement works
One vendor running your IT. CMMC enclave scoped to the people who need it.
CMMC compliance sits on top of a managed IT operation. It isn't a standalone product. Dynamic Quest engages defense contractors as their managed services operator first, running day-to-day IT for the full workforce on either DQ Complete or DQ Complete Plus. The CMMC enclave then layers on for the specific users who handle Controlled Unclassified Information.
Most contractors don't need every employee in the enclave. A few engineers on specific programs, contracts and compliance staff, sometimes selected executives. That's typically it. The rest of the company runs standard managed IT. One vendor, one relationship, two scopes.
Prerequisite
CMMC clients are DQ Complete or DQ Complete Plus customers underneath. The enclave isn’t a standalone product. It operates inside a Dynamic Quest managed services relationship.
What that means for you
Risk assessment
Pinpoint cybersecurity risk across office setups, remote work environments, and cloud infrastructures to make detailed risk management strategies.
Audit-ready evidence on day one.
Policies, procedures, logs, tickets, training records: maintained continuously, not scrambled before assessment. Our GRC team supports your C3PAO directly when the day comes.
Sized to your environment.
Whether you have 4 CUI handlers or 400, investment is shaped to your actual user population and CUI scope. A specialist conversation gets you a real number.
Clear roles, no overlap
Your compliance advisor handles your policies,
your SSP, and your audit prep. Dynamic Quest runs
the certified technology environment underneath: built, certified, and operated. Your C3PAO validates. Two clear roles, cleanly separated, coordinated as one program,
so nothing falls between the cracks and nobody’s doing
a job they shouldn’t.
What's structurally different
Two choices that change the economics of a CMMC program
Most of what makes a CMMC engagement work or stall isn't about effort or expertise.
It's about a few structural decisions made early in the program. Two of ours change the math meaningfully.
We've already built the CMMC enclave you'd otherwise build yourself
Most providers help contractors stand up a CMMC-aligned environment of their own. We took the harder path first and built one: Microsoft GCC High tenant, Entra ID with conditional access, FIPS 140-2 validated encryption, and security stack, all maintained to the standard. We run your day-to-day managed IT for the full workforce, and your CUI handlers operate in our existing CMMC enclave for CUI work. The customer doesn’t architect, deploy, or maintain the enclave. That piece is already there, ready to scope into, which compresses the readiness timeline and lowers the floor on what you have to maintain yourself.
Premium CMMC seats are scoped to the people who actually need them
CMMC-grade tooling is expensive, and most contractors don’t need it for every employee. DQ Complete Plus carries the elevated controls CMMC requires for users handling CUI; standard DQ Complete continues to serve everyone else. The premium cost scopes to the actual scope of CUI handling rather than blanket-applied across the workforce. That’s often the difference between a CMMC program that’s economically viable and one that isn’t.
When your prime contractor gives you a call asking for your proof of certification for a current or new contract, will you be ready? Our job is to make sure you confidently say “yes, I’ll send it right over.”
John Guillaume
CEO, Dynamic Quest
Who we typically work with
Defense contractors navigating CMMC inside their broader IT operation
We engage DoD prime contractors and subcontractors that handle Controlled Unclassified Information under DFARS 252.204-7012: manufacturers, aerospace suppliers, engineering and defense services firms, systems integrators, R&D shops, IT and professional services contractors. Many of our clients have contracts renewing or recompeting in the Phase 2 window, IT or security leaders asked to “just handle CMMC” alongside their day job, and an SPRS score well below 110. Many primes now require evidence of a certified MSP or MSSP relationship; engaging Dynamic Quest satisfies that out of the box.
25 years
A privately held, profitable MSP, growing for over two decades.
National scale
35,000+ devices managed across 900+ client locations nationwide.
24×7×365
In-house service desk and security operations, always on.
Award-winning
2024 Kaseya Titan of the Year · DattoCon Best Rising MSP.
Self-service readiness tool
Want a quick read on where you stand before a conversation?
Answer 20 questions and get a readiness score with a prioritized action plan, useful as a baseline whether you engage us or not.
Engage with us
Your CMMC readiness starts with
a conversation
A focused 30 minutes with a CMMC specialist on our team. We'll discuss your contract environment, where you are in the readiness cycle, and what engaging Dynamic Quest would look like in practice, including whether engaging us is the right move at all.