Altius IT delivers independent compliance audits covering FISMA, FedRAMP, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, DFARS 252.204-7012, ITAR, CJIS, and HIPAA for federal agencies, defense contractors, federal systems integrators, and policy institutions across Washington DC and the National Capital Region.
Washington DC's position as the seat of the federal government creates a compliance landscape dominated by FISMA reporting, FedRAMP authorization, NIST SP 800-53 control implementation, NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC requirements for the Defense Industrial Base, and DFARS 252.204-7012 cyber incident reporting. Federal agencies, defense contractors, federal systems integrators, and FedRAMP service providers drive intense demand for compliance auditing in the National Capital Region. Altius IT's compliance audit evaluates your organization against the specific federal frameworks governing your mission and contract obligations.
We assess your security policies, procedures, workforce training programs, and incident response plans against applicable federal frameworks. For agencies and FedRAMP providers, this includes evaluating your information security program governance, system security plans (SSPs), risk assessment reports (RARs), POA&M management, and continuous monitoring strategy. For defense contractors, we review CUI handling policies, personnel security procedures, insider threat programs, and supply chain risk management processes required under NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, and DFARS.
Our auditors review facility access controls, workstation security, media handling, and device disposal procedures. DC contractor facilities, federally leased space, and FedRAMP data centers face specific physical security requirements under NIST SP 800-53 PE-family controls and NIST SP 800-171 3.10, including visitor logging, environmental controls, and sanitization of media containing CUI, ITAR-controlled data, or classified-adjacent information.
We evaluate access controls (including PIV/CAC), audit logging, encryption (FIPS 140-2/3 validated), and transmission security across your IT environment. For FISMA-covered systems and FedRAMP authorized services, this includes reviewing the technical implementation of every applicable control in the SSP, ConMon evidence collection, and POA&M closure documentation. Our assessment encompasses a complete IT infrastructure security review and a thorough risk assessment aligned with your authorization boundary.
Every compliance audit concludes with a detailed gap analysis documenting where your current controls fall short of federal requirements, paired with a prioritized remediation roadmap aligned to POA&M severity definitions. We evaluate your existing privacy practices and compliance documentation to ensure readiness for ATO renewal, CMMC C3PAO assessment, FedRAMP 3PAO review, agency IG audits, and customer security questionnaires.
Upon successful completion of your compliance audit and remediation, Altius IT issues an Auditor Opinion Letter and Secure Seal. For DC organizations, this independent verification supports ATO packages, CMMC self-assessment evidence, FedRAMP attestations, and prime contractor flowdown documentation. Demonstrating to authorizing officials, contracting officers, customers, and partners that your cybersecurity controls meet required federal standards.
Washington DC's federal agencies, defense contractors, and federal systems integrators operate under demanding compliance requirements that span FISMA, FedRAMP, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, DFARS, ITAR, and HIPAA frameworks. In the National Capital Region, compliance failures carry consequences beyond penalties. They jeopardize Authority to Operate status, contract eligibility, and the trust of agency customers.
No vendor ties or product sales. Our audit findings are objective and aligned with your regulatory obligations.
Led by experts with a Ph.D. in Computer Science, CISA certification, and federal and defense contractor compliance experience.
Deep expertise in FedRAMP authorization packages, FISMA continuous monitoring, NIST SP 800-53/800-171 implementation, and CMMC readiness for the Defense Industrial Base.
Every engagement includes follow-up support to close gaps before your next ATO renewal, CMMC assessment, or customer security review.
Washington DC is home to every cabinet-level federal department, the intelligence community, the Department of Defense, and hundreds of independent agencies. Along with the FedRAMP PMO, the DoD CIO, and the CMMC Accreditation Body. Federal agencies must maintain Authority to Operate (ATO) status under FISMA, with continuous monitoring evidence reported to OMB and CISA. Cloud service providers serving federal customers must achieve FedRAMP authorization at Low, Moderate, High, or DoD Impact Level baselines. Compliance is not optional. Failed assessments result in revoked ATOs, lost contracts, and exclusion from federal acquisition pipelines.
Defense contractors and subcontractors throughout the National Capital Region. Including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, SAIC, Leidos, CACI, and ManTech, plus thousands of smaller suppliers. Must comply with NIST SP 800-171 for protecting CUI and prepare for CMMC certification at the level required by their contracts. The framework requires 110 specific security controls spanning access control, audit and accountability, configuration management, identification and authentication, and system and communications protection. DFARS 252.204-7012 imposes 72-hour cyber incident reporting to DoD. Altius IT's compliance audit evaluates your implementation of each required control, builds evidence for your SSP and POA&M, and identifies gaps before your CMMC C3PAO assessment.
The DC region's healthcare and biotech sector, including hospital systems, NIH-funded research institutions, federally funded research and development centers, and biotech companies on the Bethesda/Rockville corridor, must demonstrate HIPAA compliance and often Privacy Act of 1974 obligations across complex environments. Health IT vendors and federal health contractors face additional compliance obligations as business associates and FISMA-covered system operators. Altius IT evaluates HIPAA administrative, physical, and technical safeguards alongside the federal frameworks that apply to your funding source and contract scope.
In addition to the District of Columbia, Altius IT provides compliance audit services throughout the National Capital Region. Including Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Reston, Tysons Corner, Crystal City, Rosslyn, McLean, Herndon, Chantilly, Bethesda, Silver Spring, Rockville, College Park, Gaithersburg, Frederick, and Annapolis. And to organizations operating at the Pentagon, Capitol Hill, the K Street corridor, the NIH campus, and the Federal Triangle. Our audits are conducted both remotely and on-site, serving federal agencies, contractors, and policy organizations across Northern Virginia and Maryland.