Monitor
Collect and review security-relevant activity from endpoints, systems, and infrastructure to help identify suspicious or unexpected behavior.
Government & Defense
Secure technology for mission-driven organizations.
Managed IT, cybersecurity, and compliance support for defense contractors and organizations operating within the federal supply chain.
Organizations supporting government and defense missions face many of the same technology challenges as any modern business, but often with additional security, contractual, and regulatory requirements layered on top.
Zanarkand helps defense contractors build and maintain technology environments that support day-to-day operations while also strengthening the safeguards, documentation, and processes needed to protect sensitive information and prepare for compliance assessments.
Your IT environment has to support the business. It also has to stand up to scrutiny.
Security for the Defense Industrial Base
Reliable technology. Stronger security. Clearer compliance.
Security-Driven IT for the DIB
Build security into the environment from the beginning.
Strong compliance starts with well-managed technology. Zanarkand helps defense contractors secure the users, devices, networks, and systems their operations depend on.
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Identity & Access
Centralize user access, strengthen authentication, and apply appropriate permissions across systems and business resources.
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Endpoint Security
Protect and manage workstations and servers through security configuration, endpoint protection, patching, and ongoing maintenance.
03
Network Security
Design and maintain networks with security controls appropriate for the systems, users, and information they support.
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Security Monitoring
Collect and review security-relevant activity to help identify suspicious behavior and support investigation when something requires attention.
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Vulnerability Management
Identify weaknesses, prioritize remediation, and reduce exposure through an ongoing process rather than one-time scanning.
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Backup & Recovery
Protect critical business data and systems with backup and recovery capabilities designed to support resilience when disruptions occur.
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Gap Assessment
Evaluate the current environment against applicable requirements and identify where technical or administrative controls need improvement.
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Remediation Planning
Prioritize gaps and develop a practical plan for implementing the controls needed across systems, users, networks, and business processes.
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Control Implementation
Deploy and configure technical safeguards while helping integrate the supporting processes needed to operate them consistently.
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SSP & Documentation
Document the environment, implemented controls, responsibilities, and supporting procedures so the security program reflects actual operations.
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Assessment Readiness
Review implementation and available evidence, identify remaining weaknesses, and help prepare the organization for formal assessment.
CMMC & NIST SP 800-171
Compliance has to exist in the environment — not just on paper.
Defense contractors that handle Controlled Unclassified Information may be required to implement security controls based on NIST SP 800-171 and demonstrate that those controls are operating effectively.
Zanarkand helps translate those requirements into practical technical controls, documented processes, and evidence that can support CMMC readiness and assessment activities.
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Discuss Your EnvironmentCybersecurity & Monitoring
Security controls only matter if they keep working.
Defense-focused environments require more than an initial hardening effort. Security depends on continuous visibility, maintenance, investigation, and response as systems and threats change.
Maintain
Keep systems patched, security tools functioning, and configurations aligned with the safeguards the environment is expected to maintain.
Investigate
Examine alerts, anomalies, and reported issues to determine whether activity represents a security event and what systems may be affected.
Respond
Support containment, remediation, and recovery while using what was learned to strengthen the environment afterward.
Compliance establishes expectations. Ongoing security keeps the environment defensible.
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Control Review
Review implemented safeguards against applicable requirements and verify that documented practices reflect the actual environment.
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Documentation Review
Examine the SSP, policies, procedures, and related documentation for consistency, completeness, and alignment with current operations.
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Evidence Preparation
Identify and organize the technical and administrative evidence needed to demonstrate that required practices are being performed.
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Readiness Validation
Walk through the environment from an assessment perspective to identify remaining weaknesses, inconsistencies, or evidence gaps.
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Remediation Support
Address issues identified during readiness review and strengthen the environment before formal assessment activities begin.
Assessment Readiness
Be ready to show how your controls actually work.
Passing an assessment requires more than having security tools in place. Organizations need to understand how requirements are implemented, who is responsible for them, and what evidence demonstrates that the controls are operating as intended.
Zanarkand helps organizations review their environment, documentation, and supporting evidence before formal assessment so gaps can be addressed while there is still time to correct them.
Don't discover the gaps during the assessment.
Find them before the assessor does.Ways We Support Defense Contractors
Support that fits where you are today.
Whether you need ongoing technology management, help preparing for CMMC, or independent security testing, Zanarkand can support the next stage of your security and compliance program.
Ongoing Operations
Managed IT & Security
Proactive management, endpoint security, monitoring, vulnerability remediation, backup, and support for the technology your organization depends on.
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CMMC Readiness
Gap assessment, remediation planning, control implementation, SSP development, documentation, and assessment preparation.
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Security Testing & Consulting
Vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, security consulting, and technical validation to help identify weaknesses before they become larger problems.
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Build security and compliance into the way your organization operates.
Whether you're preparing for CMMC, improving an existing security program, or looking for a technology partner that understands the needs of defense contractors, Zanarkand can help you define the next step.