For DoD Subcontractors and Primes

GRC software built for defense contractors, not retrofitted

CMMC, NIST 800-171, DFARS 252.204-7012, DCMA DIBCAC, built into the platform from day one.

Vanta and Drata are excellent platforms for horizontal SaaS companies pursuing SOC 2 + ISO 27001. They added CMMC as a framework. Readyline is opinionated for defense contracting: real OSCAL ingestion, per-tenant database isolation enforced at the MySQL grant layer, SPRS scoring per DoD Methodology v1.2.1, DR module (because every C3PAO assessor asks), C3PAO read-only mode for assessment, SaaS or self-hosted deployment for L3 primes.

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Defense GRC has different requirements than horizontal GRC

Three places horizontal GRC platforms fall short for DoD contractors.

No SPRS scoring

DoD contract eligibility depends on your SPRS score per the NIST SP 800-171 Assessment Methodology v1.2.1. Horizontal GRC tools either skip SPRS entirely or compute it wrong. Your prime asks for the score; your tool can't give it to them.

No C3PAO assessor mode

When the C3PAO arrives for assessment, they need scoped read-only access. Horizontal GRC gives them a full user seat (security risk) or a CSV export (audit fails on provenance). Neither survives the assessment.

SaaS-only deployment

Primes preparing for L3 and contractors handling CUI in air-gapped environments cannot use shared SaaS. Horizontal GRC is multi-tenant cloud only. No on-prem, no air-gapped, no data sovereignty.

What Readyline ships for defense contracting specifically

Six capabilities horizontal GRC doesn't have.

SPRS score per DoD v1.2.1

Real-time score computed by the official methodology. Weights of 1, 3, or 5 points per control. Delta as you change implementation status. The exact number to submit.

C3PAO read-only assessor mode

Scoped + time-limited (default 14 days) window. Every page view audit-logged. You control which modules are in scope.

Self-hosted + air-gapped deployment

Same platform deployed inside your infrastructure. We help stand it up; you own the runtime. For L3 primes and CUI sovereignty.

Per-tenant DB isolation

Each customer gets its own MySQL database, enforced at the GRANT layer. Compromise of one tenant doesn't reach others. Better than schema-per-tenant in shared DB.

DFARS 252.204-7012 alignment

Incident reporting workflow to DC3, evidence linkage to controls, audit-grade trail for safeguarding measures. Built into the platform.

DR module for §3.6 series

Disaster Recovery program with events register, runbooks, per-step drill tracking with auto-roll-forward. Required by NIST §3.6.1-3 and CMMC §3.6.x. Horizontal GRC doesn't ship this.

FAQ

Defense contractor GRC questions

The questions DoD-focused contractors actually ask.

For SOC 2 + ISO 27001, Vanta and Drata are excellent. For CMMC + NIST 800-171, they retrofit a framework onto plumbing built for horizontal SaaS. You'll pay enterprise pricing for a tool that misses SPRS, C3PAO assessor mode, on-prem deployment, and the DR module. Defense contracting has different shape than horizontal SaaS compliance.

Yes. The platform handles the safeguarding side (NIST 800-171 implementation), the assessment side (SPRS), the corrective action side (POA&M), and the incident response side (event register linked to controls). The DC3 incident reporting workflow is a feature, not an afterthought.

Primes flow down CMMC + NIST 800-171 to subcontractors via the contract. Readyline supports both sides: the prime tracks their own posture, generates the score the DoD asks for; the subcontractor uses the same platform to meet the flow-down. We're not a multi-tenant supply-chain dashboard. For that the prime uses a separate seat per sub.

Yes. Self-hosted deployment supports any infrastructure you control, including AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or fully on-premise hardware. We help with the initial standup; you own the runtime, the data, the backups.

No. Readyline is a compliance tracking platform, not a CUI handler. NIST 800-171 §3.13.11 (FIPS-validated cryptography) and FedRAMP authorization apply to platforms that store or transmit CUI (e.g., PreVeil, Kiteworks). Readyline holds your control assessments and POA&M data, non-CUI artifacts that document compliance, not the CUI itself.

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