Security for Small Government Contractors

Small government contractors face a disproportionate security burden. They are required to meet the same compliance frameworks — CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, FedRAMP — as much larger primes, yet they operate with a fraction of the security staff, budget, and tooling. At the same time, adversaries know that small contractors are often the path of least resistance into the defense industrial base.

A breach at a small contractor does not stay small. Supply chain compromises work precisely because trust flows upstream — from subcontractor to prime, from prime to program office, from program office to national security.

Aronetics® was built for this environment. We are a non-traditional small business contractor with deep roots in offensive and defensive security. We understand what it means to operate lean, meet compliance obligations, and protect systems that matter — without the overhead of an enterprise security apparatus.

What We Provide

Thor™ gives small government contractors kernel-level visibility into their endpoints. It operates beneath existing tools, requires no security operations center to interpret its output, and produces behavioral telemetry that satisfies auditors and — more importantly — stops actual threats.

Combined with our Managed Services and Fractional Services offerings, Aronetics acts as your embedded security team: threat-aware, compliance-familiar, and available when it counts.

CMMC and NIST 800-171 Alignment

Thor™’s continuous monitoring capability directly supports CMMC Level 2 and Level 3 requirements for system monitoring, incident response, and audit log protection. Our team assists with gap assessments, system security plan (SSP) documentation, and evidence collection for third-party assessments.

If you are a small government contractor navigating CMMC, handling CUI, or operating systems on a sensitive or classified network, contact Aronetics to discuss how we can help.