CMMC Penetration Testing
Security assessment for defense contractor compliance
What this engagement covers
The service
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requires defense contractors to demonstrate security controls protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Our CMMC penetration testing validates your implementation of NIST SP 800-171 controls and prepares your organization for CMMC assessment.
What we test
We assess all systems within your CUI boundary including network infrastructure, endpoints, cloud environments, access controls, and data protection mechanisms. Testing validates implementation of all 110 NIST SP 800-171 security requirements across 14 control families.
Scoping & Assessment Depth
Black Box Assessment
Zero-KnowledgeSimulates an external adversary targeting CMMC Penetration Testing with no internal credentials, source code, or architecture documentation. Assesses perimeter exposure, unauthenticated attack paths, and edge resilience.
Gray Box Assessment (Recommended)
CredentialedSimulates an authenticated user, tenant, or insider threat within CMMC Penetration Testing. We evaluate role segregation, authorization boundaries, privilege escalation, and business logic flaws across user tiers.
White Box / Source-Assisted
Full-KnowledgeConducted with direct access to architecture schematics, configuration files, and API/code documentation. Eliminates blind spots and provides exhaustive coverage of security mechanisms governing CMMC Penetration Testing.
Attack Surface & Vulnerability Vectors
Incomplete CUI Boundary Definition
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Incomplete CUI Boundary Definition across your CMMC Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Missing Multi-Factor Authentication
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Missing Multi-Factor Authentication across your CMMC Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Inadequate Encryption for CUI
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Inadequate Encryption for CUI across your CMMC Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Insufficient Audit Logging
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Insufficient Audit Logging across your CMMC Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Weak Network Segmentation
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Weak Network Segmentation across your CMMC Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Uncontrolled Removable Media Access
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Uncontrolled Removable Media Access across your CMMC Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
How we run it
Our methodology aligns with CMMC Level 2 requirements and NIST SP 800-171. We validate access controls, identification and authentication, system integrity, and incident response capabilities. Each finding maps to specific CMMC practices and NIST 800-171 controls, providing clear remediation paths for certification readiness.
CUI boundary identification and scoping
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting cui boundary identification and scoping across your cmmc penetration testing deployment.
Access control testing (AC family)
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting access control testing (ac family) across your cmmc penetration testing deployment.
Identification and authentication testing (IA family)
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting identification and authentication testing (ia family) across your cmmc penetration testing deployment.
System and communications protection testing (SC family)
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting system and communications protection testing (sc family) across your cmmc penetration testing deployment.
Audit and accountability validation (AU family)
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting audit and accountability validation (au family) across your cmmc penetration testing deployment.
Configuration management assessment (CM family)
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting configuration management assessment (cm family) across your cmmc penetration testing deployment.
Incident response testing (IR family)
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting incident response testing (ir family) across your cmmc penetration testing deployment.
Risk assessment and vulnerability scanning (RA family)
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting risk assessment and vulnerability scanning (ra family) across your cmmc penetration testing deployment.
What you receive
Findings land in your tracker as you go, not only in a PDF at the end. Retest is in scope, not a change order.
- CMMC-aligned penetration test report
- NIST SP 800-171 control validation results
- CUI boundary assessment
- System Security Plan (SSP) gap analysis
- Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M) input
- CMMC assessment readiness summary
- Remediation roadmap with priorities
- Retest validation report
What we usually find
The issues this engagement surfaces most often. Yours will differ, but this is the shape of it.
Who this is for
Auditor-Ready Compliance Crosswalk
| Framework | Control Section | Testing Evidence & Report Deliverable |
|---|---|---|
| NIST Cybersecurity Framework | PR.AC, DE.CM, RS.AN | Technical testing verifying access controls, anomaly detection efficacy, and incident response mitigation capabilities. |
Findings are mapped to CMMC 2.0, NIST SP 800-171, DFARS 252.204-7012, NIST CSF, so the report drops into an audit package rather than needing to be translated first. If you need the readiness work behind one of those, that is a separate engagement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Direct answers on scoping, methodology, compliance validation, and deliverables.
Our CMMC Penetration Testing service combines deep manual testing with automated verification. We cover: CMMC-aligned penetration test report, NIST SP 800-171 control validation results, CUI boundary assessment, System Security Plan (SSP) gap analysis, Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M) input. Every engagement includes reproducible proof-of-concept exploits, developer-ready remediation guidance, and a free retest.
Yes. Findings are directly mapped to CMMC 2.0, NIST SP 800-171, DFARS 252.204-7012, NIST CSF control requirements. The resulting report is auditor-ready and formatted for immediate submission to SOC 2 CPAs, PCI QSAs, and enterprise vendor risk assessment teams.
Yes. Every Lorikeet Security engagement includes free retesting within 30 to 60 days to validate that your remediation patches successfully resolve the identified vulnerabilities before your final report is issued.
Typical active testing turnaround is 2-3 weeks, with critical findings reported immediately via your Talon portal so your engineering team can begin remediation without waiting for the final PDF.
Pricing starts from $12,000. We scope the engagement in one call based on your environment's surface area, user roles, and complexity, providing a transparent, fixed-price quote with no hidden change orders.
Scope it in one call
Tell us what is in scope and we come back with a fixed price and a start date. No discovery-call maze, no hourly estimate that moves.
