Free tools, guides
and market pages.
Plain answers for the cleared community. Every tool here is free, runs without a sales call, and says what it does not decide. Planning-level, unclassified answers only.
Organize a hard question early.
Each tool organizes a question and shows the gaps. None of them makes a determination. The full catalog explains who each is for and what it does not decide.
- Cost
Project estimator
A budgetary rough order of magnitude for secure-facility work from a short intake.
- Facilities
Project readiness
What your secure facility project still needs before it can be scoped.
- Facilities
Site selection
Before you sign the lease: what to check about a building.
- Clearance
Facility clearance readiness
Whether a facility clearance can start, and what is still open.
- Clearance
FCL Navigator
Step-by-step preparation for the facility clearance process.
- Readiness
Cleared work readiness
First-time cleared work: what has to be in place, and whether you need a secure facility.
- Compliance
CMMC readiness
Where your CMMC posture stands before an assessment.
- Training
CMMC Academy
A free CMMC Level 1 course.
- Technology
AI environment check
Whether AI fits your data classification, boundary and connectivity.
- Capture
Capture readiness
Whether to keep pursuing an opportunity, and what has to close first.
- Transactions
Transaction diligence
What changes when a deal involves cleared assets.
The tools do not decide anything. Facility clearance determinations are made by DCSA or the applicable Cognizant Security Agency; facility accreditation by the applicable Accrediting Official or Cognizant Security Authority; CMMC certification by an authorized C3PAO or the Department of Defense.
How secure facilities are planned, built, accredited and paid for.
- Guide
Planning a secure facility
Requirement, accrediting authority, site and budget, in the order that saves rework.
- Guide
Secure facility design and build
The phases of a secure facility project, from requirement to occupancy, and why projects stall.
- Guide
Accreditation
How accreditation works, who decides, and what the package contains.
- Guide
What a secure facility costs
The real cost drivers and budgetary ranges.
- Guide
Sustaining an accredited facility
Keeping the space in step with what was accredited.
- Guide
Stalled project recovery
Why projects stall and how one is carried forward.
- Guide
Am I ready for a facility clearance?
What a facility clearance is, who sponsors it, and what has to be true before it can begin.
Cleared markets, metro by metro.
Each market page explains how the model applies locally. The readiness tools work from anywhere. All markets ›
- Market
National Capital Region
Washington, Northern Virginia and Maryland.
- Market
Norfolk
Hampton Roads.
- Market
Tampa Bay
Tampa and the surrounding region.
- Market
Huntsville
The Tennessee Valley.
- Market
Colorado Springs
The Front Range.
- Market
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City and central Oklahoma.
- Market
Texas
Texas metros.
A question the tools do not answer?
Describe it at a planning level and we will point you to the right next step. Typical response in one business day.