‍Automating the Most Painful Part of GRC Platform Delivery

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Customer Type: Small Compliance Consultancy Supporting Federal Contractors

Primary Framework(s): CMMC + DFARS + NIST 800-171

Workflow Type: Policies + Evidence → Control Categorization → GRC Import

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Customer Profile

• 1–10 person consultancy supporting defense contractors and regulated suppliers
• Heavy focus on CMMC, DFARS, and NIST 800-171 readiness programs
• Uses IntelliGRC-class tools (and sometimes Vanta-class tools for clients)
• Runs multiple client engagements simultaneously with limited analyst bandwidth

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The Challenge

• GRC platforms did not “auto-map” evidence despite marketing claims
• Biggest time sink was getting evidence into the correct control buckets
• Overlapping policy coverage made mapping extremely messy
• Manual interpretation required reading entire documents and guessing ownership
• High risk of missing controls or creating unclear audit trails

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How They Used CMAI

• Uploaded multiple overlapping policies at once (DR, BC, Climate)
• CMAI mapped policy sections to CMMC/NIST control requirements
• Returned a matrix showing:
• unique coverage by policy
• redundant coverage across policies (useful for auditors)
• gaps where no policy supported the control
• Sent broader evidence sets (configs, scans, procedures) to CMAI for control categorization
• Bulk imported CMAI-tagged evidence into their GRC/ Compliance Platform already “pre-bucketed”

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Implementation Pattern

Client Policies + Evidence + Findings → CMAI API → CMMC/NIST Control Mapping → Bulk Import into the GRC Platform

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Results Delivered

• ‍Eliminated the “evidence bucketing” bottleneck in every engagement‍
• Served 2–3x more clients with the same small team‍
• Cleaner audit trails by clarifying overlapping policy coverage instead of guessing

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Why This Was a Fit

The GRC tools packaged evidence well once categorized—but categorization itself was the real labor. CMAI automated the interpretation step so the consultancy could scale without hiring.

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Want to see CMMC evidence automatically categorized before it enters your GRC/ Compliance Platform?

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CMAI + Your GRC Platform = The Complete System

GRC platforms manage workflows, dashboards, and auditor collaboration. CMAI interprets evidence, maps findings to controls, and automates cross-framework mapping—so evidence arrives already structured.

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