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.
