Critical infrastructure organizations are the highest-value targets in cybersecurity and face the most consequential compliance obligations. A compliance gap in critical infrastructure isn't just a failed audit — it's a national security risk. Agency's U.S.-based forward-deployed engineers and proprietary AI operate your IT and OT compliance program end-to-end — across NERC CIP, CMMC, FedRAMP, and sector mandates — so you close gaps before they become national-security risks, with no new hires.

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Regulatory Landscape

Seven frameworks that apply

CMMC 2.0Organizations providing technology services, cybersecurity, or operational technology to defense-related critical infrastructure must achieve CMMC certification to handle CUI and FCI.

FedRAMPProviders of cloud-based infrastructure management, monitoring, and security tools serving federal networks must achieve FedRAMP authorization.

ISO 27001Energy, utilities, and telecommunications providers use ISO 27001 as the baseline for securing both IT and OT information systems, particularly for international operations and partnerships.

HITRUSTOrganizations providing technology services to healthcare systems, financial networks, or other critical infrastructure use HITRUST to satisfy cross-sector supply chain security requirements.

USDPOperators subject to multiple federal security mandates and sector-specific regulations use USDP to consolidate overlapping control requirements into a single compliance baseline.

How Agency Operates Critical Infrastructure Compliance

Agency embeds U.S.-based forward-deployed engineers, supercharged by proprietary AI, into your IT and OT security infrastructure, operating your compliance program across every applicable federal, international, and sector-specific framework — so your team focuses on keeping critical systems running while Agency keeps you certified.

Unified Federal Compliance — Agency AI maps controls across CMMC 2.0, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, and sector-specific mandates in a unified ontology. Implement controls once and satisfy every overlapping requirement. Agency AI orchestrates enforcement across IT, OT, and cloud environments simultaneously.

Continuous Monitoring Operations — Agency operates your continuous monitoring program: monthly vulnerability scan management, POA&M tracking, real-time control validation, and incident reporting across every environment.

IT/OT Governance Integration — Agency bridges the governance gap between IT and OT security, ensuring controls are implemented and monitored consistently across both environments with centralized documentation and evidence management.

Supply Chain Compliance — Agency assesses and monitors vendor compliance posture continuously, documenting flow-down requirements and ensuring every technology vendor, service provider, and contractor meets applicable security standards.

Assessment and Authorization Readiness — Agency prepares your organization for C3PAO, 3PAO, and certification body assessments with validated controls, complete evidence packages, and real-time assessment monitoring through Agency AI.

Managed Detection and Response — Agency MDR provides fully managed detection, response, and incident documentation across every endpoint, container, and cloud workload — with compliance-grade evidence and incident reporting meeting federal notification requirements.

Critical Challenges

Seven places Critical Infrastructure compliance stalls

Fragmented Governance Critical infrastructure compliance spans IT security, OT security, physical security, personnel, business continuity, and executive leadership. Siloed ownership across these domains creates gaps that regulators and threat actors exploit.

Cross-Framework Complexity Satisfying CMMC, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, and sector-specific mandates simultaneously means managing overlapping control sets across fundamentally different assessment methodologies.

Vendor Risk Critical infrastructure supply chains include hundreds of technology vendors, service providers, and contractors. Each vendor introduces compliance obligations that must be assessed, documented, and monitored continuously.

Audited Compliance Federal mandates require extensive documentation: System Security Plans, POA&Ms, continuous monitoring deliverables, risk assessments, and incident reporting. Manual management at this scale is unsustainable.

Insider Risks Critical infrastructure operators face elevated insider threat requirements due to the national security implications of unauthorized access to control systems and sensitive infrastructure data.

Remote Workers Distributed operations, field technicians, and remote access to OT environments introduce compliance challenges around access control, encrypted connections, and session management.

Agency for Critical Infrastructure

Your team keeps critical systems running. Agency keeps you certified.

Agency's U.S.-based forward-deployed engineers and proprietary AI operate your IT and OT compliance program end-to-end — across NERC CIP, CMMC, FedRAMP, and sector mandates — so you close gaps before they become national-security risks, with no new hires.

Work done for CMMC 2.0 carries forward to FedRAMP, ISO 27001, HITRUST, and USDP — implement controls once and satisfy every overlapping federal, international, and sector-specific requirement.

Platform Products

Agency AIEnd-to-end cybersecurity and compliance, across the stack you already use.

GRC IntegrationsEngineer-operated GRC platform integration

Agency MDRManaged detection and response

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Common GRC Questions

GRC Platform & Virtual CISO FAQ

Answers to common Critical Infrastructure compliance questions — which frameworks apply, how controls cross-map, and what a virtual CISO actually does for your program.

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Forward-Deployed Engineers + AI that lower costs, increase velocity, and raise the bar — from policy to audit to remediation. U.S.-based forward-deployed engineers, supercharged by proprietary AI, operate your program end-to-end — on top of the tools you already trust.

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