The leading Summit 7 alternative for CMMC
Choose the platform that automates CMMC compliance from scoping through SPRS submission.
Secureframe Defense automates the work of implementing and maintaining NIST 800-171 compliance and CMMC. Get guided scoping and implementation, fast enclave and VDI provisioning, and accurate documentation generated from your live environment.
Summit 7 is an established CMMC managed services firm with deep Level 2 certification and Microsoft GCC High experience, for contractors who want a fully outsourced compliance program and have the budget to sustain one.
How Secureframe Defense and Summit 7 compare for CMMC
| What to compare | Secureframe Defense | Summit 7 |
|---|---|---|
| CMMC Level 2 certified | Yes | Yes |
| Registered RPO in the Cyber AB Marketplace | Yes | Yes |
| Delivery model | Software platform plus managed services | Managed services |
| Automated CMMC-compliant enclave provisioning | Yes | No |
| Support for Microsoft GCC High | Yes | Yes |
| Migration services to Microsoft GCC High | Yes | Yes |
| Support for Google Workspace | Yes | No |
| FedRAMP 20x certification (FedRAMP Marketplace) | Yes | No |
| AI-powered SSP generation from your live environment | Yes | No |
| Automated evidence collection from cloud and endpoints | Yes | No |
| Real-time SPRS score based on your live environment | Yes | No |
| Cross-framework support for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and other standards | Yes | No |
| Compliance documentation you own | Yes | No |
| Award-winning GRC platform | Yes | No |
Summit 7 information is based on Summit 7's public materials, including its CMMC services, CMMC RPO, and Level 2 certification announcement pages. FedRAMP Marketplace listings were checked at publication.
Planning your program? Start with our CMMC compliance hub, download the CMMC Level 2 compliance checklist, or see how Secureframe Defense compares to PreVeil.
Complete visibility into your compliance posture
Secureframe Defense delivers the benefits of automation and AI while allowing your team to keep full control over your cybersecurity program. See control status in real time, access compliance evidence as it’s collected, and own your documentation and evidence trail directly.
Faster CMMC compliance timelines
Standing up a compliant environment is often the longest part of the CMMC process. Manual enclave builds routinely take weeks or months before documentation work can even begin.
Secureframe Defense provisions a CMMC-compliant enclave same day, with your choice of Microsoft GCC High or Google Workspace. Defense Navigator then guides scoping, implementation, and documentation in a guided workflow, so your team makes measurable progress from day one. Most customers reach a defensible compliance posture in weeks, not months.
Automation that lowers costs
In a managed services model, every hour of manual compliance work is billed: implementation statements, evidence collection, SSP updates, SPRS recalculations.
Secureframe Defense automates all of it. AI keeps your implementation statements current, evidence flows in continuously from your connected stack, and your SPRS score updates in real time, so your annual affirmation runs on current evidence instead of billable hours.
Full support for your preferred cloud architecture
CUI has to live in a FedRAMP Moderate or equivalent environment. For most contractors, that’s Microsoft GCC High or Google Workspace. Summit 7’s approach to Google Workspace is to migrate your email and content to Microsoft 365 GCC High.
Secureframe Defense offers full support for both options: provisioning your tenant, automatically enforcing CMMC requirements, setting up CUI-designated storage with proper access controls, and generating an SSP that reflects your live controls. Stay in the environment that fits your business best.
A platform that scales with you
Many CMMC providers focus exclusively on federal compliance frameworks. Secureframe Defense supports CMMC, FedRAMP, NIST 800-171, DFARS, and ITAR alongside SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and 30+ other frameworks. Controls implemented for one framework map automatically across standards.
If your organization serves both DoD and commercial customers, or plans to expand into commercial markets, you can meet every compliance obligation in a single platform without adding tools or duplicating work.
“Secureframe was easy to use
It’s clearly purpose-built for the DIB community and the CMMC program. Our assessment team absolutely loved working with the platform for Secureframe’s own Level 2 assessment.”
Robert Teague
VP of Federal Consulting, Redspin
“It’s the peace of mind that Secureframe provides.
The continuous monitoring, the fact that we have a system as opposed to a person trying to manage all of this. That’s the value add for us.”
Stephanie Castro
Director of Operations, Adyton
“Secureframe has saved us at least 500 hours.
Going into each platform to demonstrate how each of 320 control objectives is implemented, continuously, is a massive lift.”
David Hoenisch
Lead Cybersecurity Engineer, Manufacturing Consulting Concepts
We're a leader in federal compliance automation and cybersecurity
Navigate the complexity of contractual CMMC cybersecurity requirements with a team of federal experts dedicated to your success and national security.
CMMC Level 2 Certified
We were in the first 0.5% of the ~80K expected Level 2 organizations that got certified in September 2025.
FedRAMP 20x Class C (Moderate) Certified
The Secureframe Platform is FedRAMP Certified at Class C (Moderate) through the 20x program, audited by Coalfire Federal, after being among the first 20x authorizations in August 2025.
25+ CMMC Registered Practitioners
We’re a CMMC Registered Practitioner Organization listed in the CyberAB Marketplace since March 2025.
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FAQs
Summit 7’s model is delivered as managed services, which means the work is performed by their staff on your behalf. There is no self-service software platform your team can operate independently between engagements. Secureframe Defense is designed for contractors to manage their programs directly, with CMMC Registered Practitioners available when you need expert help.
Summit 7’s Google Workspace service is a migration offering that moves organizations from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 GCC High. If you want to keep Google Workspace as your CUI environment, Secureframe Defense supports the same automated provisioning, configuration enforcement, and documentation generation as our GCC High offering.
Summit 7 focuses on CMMC, NIST 800-171, DFARS, and ITAR. It does not support SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or other commercial frameworks. If your organization has multi-framework obligations, you would need a separate provider. Secureframe Defense supports 35+ frameworks in a single platform.
Summit 7 maintains customer SSPs through their Commander managed GRC service, which means the document is updated by their staff when they’re engaged to do so. Secureframe Defense leverages AI to generate SSP content directly from your live environment, so the document reflects your actual configured controls in real time and stays current as your environment changes.
Under DFARS 252.204-7021, contractors must submit an accurate self-assessment score in SPRS annually, with a senior official affirming continuous compliance. Secureframe Defense includes real-time SPRS scoring that reflects the current state of your environment, giving the affirming official documented evidence to stand behind their signature. With a services model, the SPRS score is calculated based on what the provider has captured at a point in time, which may not reflect ongoing changes.
Yes. Both Secureframe and Summit 7 are RPOs in the Cyber AB Marketplace, and both are CMMC Level 2 certified.