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Plan your independent assessment.

Discuss your assessment scope, readiness and timing with SOS. Start with a discovery call.

Schedule C3PAO Discovery →Use the preparation checklist →

What happens next?

  1. Discovery. Confirm your customer requirement, system boundary and target date. Use public information for this first conversation.
  2. Eligibility and impartiality. SOS reviews potential conflicts and the engagement scope before accepting assessment work. Readiness consulting and independent assessment are separate services.
  3. Assessment planning. Agree on evidence access, interviews, testing, participants and the schedule.
  4. Assessment and review. Assess the agreed scope and review findings under the applicable process. The result depends on demonstrated implementation; no outcome is guaranteed.

Independent assessment or readiness help?

If controls or evidence still need work, start with readiness planning. An independent assessment evaluates implementation; it does not replace remediation.

Compare your options →Plan CMMC readiness →

Verify the organization

Review SOS’s public Cyber AB profile and its displayed status before engaging.

View SOS on Cyber AB ↗
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