FOCI mitigation, CMMC compliance, and AI deployment inside GCC High. Built on 25+ years of operating under these frameworks inside the defense industrial base, not advising on them from the outside.
DCSA engagement and SSA/mitigation agreement navigation. From initial disclosure through executed agreement, with extensive lived experience inside FOCI-mitigated environments.
Learn more →Gap assessments, SSP and POA&M development, scoping, and audit preparation for CMMC Level 2 and Level 3. Built around NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 and the 32 CFR Part 170 final rule.
Learn more →Azure OpenAI, RAG architecture, and enterprise AI assistants deployed inside your CMMC boundary. Production-tested design patterns that won't blow up your compliance posture.
Learn more →Ongoing security leadership without the full-time overhead. Strategy, board reporting, vendor evaluations, incident response planning, and compliance program management on retainer.
Learn more →The defense industrial base has a consultant problem: plenty of people who know the frameworks, almost nobody who has operated under them at scale, under live DCSA scrutiny, where the stakes were real.
Our background includes extensive experience operating as IS and security leadership inside a FOCI-mitigated defense contractor. Every recommendation comes from building and running these programs in production under real DCSA scrutiny.
FOCI, CMMC, and GCC High AI deployment are increasingly intersecting. Fulcrum Advisory is one of very few firms with hands-on depth across all three — so the compliance picture stays coherent as your needs evolve.
Our team has operated under the same frameworks we now advise on — inside live DCSA-scrutinized programs where compliance failures had real consequences. That accountability shapes how we work.
We designed and deployed enterprise AI (Azure OpenAI + RAG) inside a GCC High CMMC-scoped environment — not a proof of concept. In production use. That's the difference between architecture advice and a vendor pitch.
The first purpose-built FOCI compliance management platform for cleared defense contractors. Engineered for SSA, Proxy, SCA, and Board Resolution mitigation agreements.
The May 7 proposed rule extends FOCI requirements to unclassified contracts over $5M. Here's what triggers the 90-day clock and what to do before it starts.
The three decisions that determine whether your AI deployment is CMMC-compliant before a single line of code is written.
32 CFR Part 170 took effect December 16, 2024. What's actually changed from CMMC 2.0 and what your first 90 days should look like.
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