Know What DoD Work Requires Before You Commit Resources to It.
Many U.S. technology, commercial, and emerging-defense companies see real demand for what they build in the federal market, then find that the security and compliance requirements are the hard part. This assessment gives you a clear, company-specific picture of what is required and where to start.
Schedule a ConsultationThe product is ready. The security foundation is the unknown.
DoD and classified work brings requirements most commercial companies have never faced: facility clearance sponsorship, NISPOM obligations, DCSA engagement, personnel security, and CUI handling. Without a clear read on what applies, companies make costly missteps.
Pursue work they are not yet eligible for
Treat clearance as an afterthought
Invest in infrastructure they never needed
Start too late to meet an award timeline
The assessment replaces that uncertainty with a defined plan.
Clear answers to the questions that decide DoD readiness.
The assessment evaluates your company against the requirements that govern federal and classified work, and returns decision-ready findings on:
Your current security posture and where the gaps are
Whether a Facility Clearance is required, and how sponsorship works
Which key personnel would need to be cleared
What insider threat and security program functions you would need to cover
What DCSA engagement involves for your situation
Which NISPOM and CUI or CMMC requirements apply, and at what level
Whether a SCIF or other accredited space may be required
The staffing, training, policy, and compliance infrastructure to put in place
Findings you can act on, not a generic briefing.
Assessment Report
A company-specific analysis of every requirement area
Readiness Scorecard
A clear status view across clearance, compliance, and infrastructure
Prioritized Roadmap
Sequenced next steps, in the order they should be addressed
Risk Register
The key risks to your DoD pursuit, with mitigations
Executive Read-Out
A live session to walk leadership through the findings
A fixed-scope engagement, confirmed after a short discovery call.
Discovery Call
A brief conversation about your goals, target opportunities, and current state.
Scope Confirmation
The engagement is scoped to your situation and confirmed before any work begins. No open-ended hourly billing.
Analysis
Your company is evaluated against the applicable clearance, NISPOM, DCSA, and CUI requirements.
Read-Out
Leadership receives the full deliverable package in a live session, with clear next steps.
The assessment maps the path. Mana Kai can help you walk it.
The roadmap defines what comes next. Where companies want support executing it, Mana Kai provides senior-led follow-on work: facility clearance support, NISPOM compliance and program development, personnel security, SCIF and ICD 705 support, proposal and acquisition security, and cleared security staffing.
There is no obligation to continue. Companies that complete the assessment leave with a plan they can execute on their own or with Mana Kai.
View follow-on support servicesSenior expertise, applied directly to your situation.
Engagements are led by a senior practitioner with deep DoD and industrial security program experience.
The assessment is built on real DCSA, NISPOM, and accreditation experience, not generic checklists.
The work is honest. If a company does not need a clearance, the assessment says so and explains why.
Knowing you do not need a requirement is as valuable as knowing you do. Either way, you stop guessing.
Common Questions
The regulations are public. What is not obvious is how they apply to your specific contracts, leadership, data, and timeline. The assessment delivers that company-specific answer.
Clearances and compliance take time, and several requirements now affect eligibility to win, not just to perform. Companies that prepare early protect their timeline. The assessment is the first step, before resources are committed in the wrong direction.
Then the assessment will tell you that clearly, and you will have saved the time and expense of pursuing one. A clear "no" is a valid outcome.
The assessment is a fixed-scope engagement. Scope and investment are confirmed after a short discovery call.
U.S. technology, commercial, and emerging-defense companies pursuing DoD opportunities, facility clearance, CUI or classified work readiness, NISPOM and DCSA compliance, and security program setup.
Start with a clear picture of what DoD readiness requires.
A short discovery call confirms fit, defines scope, and gives you a straight answer on what your company needs to move forward.