DFARS Compliance

Working with a DFARS IT expert will put your mind at ease and ensure that you can continue bidding on and being chosen for DoD contracts. However, your organization is ultimately responsible and liable for compliance, not your contractor, so finding a trustworthy partner is the first step.

A DFARS expert like US IT Services will work to get you compliant with the DFARS Compliance Checklist and NIST certified, which is one of the main benefits of managed IT services. We start with a security audit of your network looking for threats and vulnerabilities, to judge how close your organization is to meeting compliance as is and identify the gaps between your existing structure and one that would be compliant.

Auditors look at areas like who security access permissions, cyber security training and policies, security controls, data storage, and response plans for data breaches.

We review the audit results and then work to remediate any issues to get our clients compliant and certified. It could be as little as a few hardware fixes and changes, or as complex as overhauling your entire system and policies to create something fully compliant. The only way to know is to perform the audit and see where things stand.

We also create the documentation you need to prove compliance with DFARS cybersecurity requirements.

DFARS compliance is an ongoing issue – any new programs, processes, staff, or data must be assessed and monitored to ensure it doesn’t jeopardize your organization’s compliance. You also need to be proactive in monitoring for potential security breaches even in your existing, remediated network as time goes on.

US IT Services will also set up a routine maintenance and monitoring plan as part of our DFARS offerings, so that you can carrying on with contracts.