The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program establishes cybersecurity requirements for Department of War contractors that handle Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

For small and midsize defense contractors, CMMC compliance can require significant investment in technology, documentation, staffing, and assessments. PreVeil’s surveys and other industry reports reveal the financial and operational challenges contractors face as they work toward compliance.

Below are 75+ CMMC statistics and facts for 2027.

CMMC Cost Statistics

  1. 66% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2026 CMMC Summit poll budgeted less than $50,000 for CMMC compliance, up from 62% in 2025 and 49% in 2024. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  2. 37% of surveyed contractors budgeted less than $20,000 for CMMC in 2026, up from 33% in 2025. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  3. 29% of surveyed contractors budgeted between $20,000 and $50,000 for CMMC in 2026, unchanged from 2025. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  4. 20% of surveyed contractors budgeted between $50,000 and $100,000 for CMMC in 2026, compared with 21% in 2025. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  5. 14% of surveyed contractors budgeted $100,000 or more for CMMC in 2026, down from 17% in 2025 and 28% in 2024. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  6. 86% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2026 poll budgeted less than $100,000 for CMMC compliance, up from 83% in 2025. The budget question did not specify whether amounts were annual or total. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  7. 62% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2025 CMMC Summit survey budgeted less than $50,000 for CMMC compliance, up from 49% in 2024. [Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey]
  8. 33% of surveyed contractors budgeted less than $20,000 for CMMC in 2025, compared with 30% in 2024. [Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey]
  9. 29% of surveyed contractors budgeted between $20,000 and $50,000 for CMMC in 2025, compared with 19% in 2024. [Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey]
  10. 21% of surveyed contractors budgeted between $50,000 and $100,000 for CMMC in 2025, compared with 23% in 2024. [Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey]
  11. 17% of surveyed contractors budgeted $100,000 or more for CMMC in 2025, down from 28% in 2024. [Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey]
  12. 83% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2025 survey budgeted less than $100,000 for CMMC compliance. [Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey]
  13. 49% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2024 survey budgeted less than $50,000 for CMMC, illustrating how the affordability gap widened in the following year’s survey. [Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey]
  14. The federal government estimated $101,752 to support a small entity’s CMMC Level 2 certification assessment and affirmation. This is a government planning estimate, not a guaranteed price for every contractor. [Source: Federal Register, CMMC Program Final Rule]
  15. Even if every contractor that budgeted under $20,000 meant an annual amount, their three-year total would be under $60,000. That is well short of the DoD’s estimated cost of a Level 2 certification assessment. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  16. 49% of NDIA’s 2025 cybersecurity survey respondents reported more than $100,000 in initial costs to implement NIST SP 800-171 requirements. These costs relate to implementing the security requirements, not just paying for a CMMC assessment. [Source: NDIA Vital Signs 2025]
  17. 45% of NDIA’s 2025 cybersecurity survey respondents reported annual costs exceeding $100,000 to maintain NIST SP 800-171 requirements. [Source: NDIA Vital Signs 2025]
  18. 28% of NDIA’s 2025 survey respondents reported initial NIST SP 800-171 implementation costs exceeding $500,000. [Source: NDIA Vital Signs 2025]
  19. 16% of NDIA’s 2025 survey respondents reported initial implementation costs exceeding $1 million. [Source: NDIA Vital Signs 2025]
  20. 12% of NDIA’s 2025 survey respondents reported initial implementation costs exceeding $2 million. [Source: NDIA Vital Signs 2025]
  21. 4% of NDIA’s 2025 survey respondents reported initial implementation costs exceeding $5 million. [Source: NDIA Vital Signs 2025]
  22. 20% of NDIA’s 2025 survey respondents reported annual NIST SP 800-171 maintenance costs exceeding $500,000. [Source: NDIA Vital Signs 2025]
  23. 16% of NDIA’s 2025 survey respondents reported annual maintenance costs exceeding $1 million. [Source: NDIA Vital Signs 2025]
  24. 11% of NDIA’s 2025 survey respondents reported annual maintenance costs exceeding $2 million. [Source: NDIA Vital Signs 2025]

CMMC Readiness and Adoption Statistics

  1. 22% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2026 CMMC Summit poll were still just getting started with CMMC preparation, down from 34% in 2025. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  2. 26% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2026 poll had completed self-attestation, up from 18% in 2025. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  3. 17% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2026 poll had completed all their CMMC documentation, up from 9% in 2025. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  4. 20% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2026 poll had engaged a consultant or managed service provider, compared with 19% in 2025. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  5. 15% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2026 poll had selected CMMC-compliant technology, down from 21% in 2025. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  6. 34% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2025 survey were still just getting started with CMMC preparation, up from 30% in 2024. [Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey]
  7. 21% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2025 survey had selected CMMC-compliant technology, down from 24% in 2024. [Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey]
  8. 19% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2025 survey had engaged a consultant or managed service provider, compared with 18% in 2024. [Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey]
  9. 18% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2025 survey said they had completed self-attestation, compared with 20% in 2024. [Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey]
  10. 9% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2025 survey said they had completed all their CMMC documentation, compared with 8% in 2024. [Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey]
  11. 87% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2026 CMMC Summit poll kept CMMC work moving after the July 13 Phase II suspension: 75% kept the same pace and 12% accelerated. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  12. 7% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2026 poll paused CMMC work after the July 13 suspension, and 6% had not started. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  13. 94% of subcontractors in PreVeil’s 2026 poll said their prime contractors were asking for the same or more since the July 13 suspension: 74% said the same and 20% said more. Only 6% said less. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  14. 53% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2026 poll said they would need a push to restart or speed up CMMC work. The most common triggers were a Department of War update (18%), a contract requirement (17%), budget (12%), and prime contractor pressure (7%). [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  15. More than half of respondents to PreVeil’s 2026 poll who kept the same pace after the suspension still named something that would make them speed up. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  16. One C3PAO cited in PreVeil’s report said about half of its clients kept their certification assessments on schedule after the Phase II suspension. [Source: PreVeil’s State of CMMC report]
  17. 58% of respondents to Redspin’s 2024 readiness survey said they did not feel ready for the finalized CMMC rule. [Source: Redspin’s State of Defense Industrial Base CMMC Readiness report]
  18. 13% of respondents to Redspin’s 2024 readiness survey had taken no preparatory action for CMMC. [Source: Redspin’s State of Defense Industrial Base CMMC Readiness report]
  19. 35% of respondents to Redspin’s 2024 survey either did not know what they had spent preparing for CMMC or reported investing nothing or less than 1% of their budgets. [Source: Redspin’s State of Defense Industrial Base CMMC Readiness report]
  20. 75% of respondents to Redspin’s 2024 survey had a CMMC-required System Security Plan (SSP) in place or in progress. [Source: Redspin’s State of Defense Industrial Base CMMC Readiness report]
  21. 68% of respondents to Redspin’s 2025 survey reported that CMMC preparation had taken more than a year to date. This measures time already spent preparing, not a universal timeline to certification. [Source: Redspin’s 2025 CMMC readiness report]
  22. Nearly 37% of respondents to Redspin’s 2025 survey had not scheduled a CMMC assessment or were unsure of their next steps. [Source: Redspin’s 2025 CMMC readiness report]
  23. 47% of respondents to Redspin’s 2025 survey had already received CMMC Level 2 flow-down requests from prime contractors. [Source: Redspin’s 2025 CMMC readiness report]
  24. 54% of respondents to Redspin’s 2025 survey said they began their CMMC journey with a strong implementation of NIST SP 800-171 and DFARS controls. [Source: Redspin’s 2025 CMMC readiness report]
  25. 53% of respondents to Redspin’s 2025 survey were already using a cloud service provider to minimize their CMMC scope, while another 14% were considering it. [Source: Redspin’s 2025 CMMC readiness report]
  26. 60% of respondents to Redspin’s 2025 survey reported increased cybersecurity staff training, compared with 37% in the previous year’s survey. [Source: Redspin’s 2025 CMMC readiness report]
  27. 78.2% of respondents to Redspin’s 2026 survey were continuing toward CMMC Level 2 certification or had already obtained third-party certification, despite the Phase II pause. [Source: Redspin’s 2026 CMMC report]
  28. 21.9% of respondents to Redspin’s 2026 survey said they had delayed or significantly slowed their Level 2 certification efforts. [Source: Redspin’s 2026 CMMC report]
  29. 59.4% of respondents to Redspin’s 2026 survey reported spending more than two years implementing NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2. [Source: Redspin’s 2026 CMMC report]

CMMC Preparation and Documentation Statistics

  1. 55% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2025 survey planned to handle CMMC compliance with an internal team, up from 46% in 2024. Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey.
  2. 27% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2025 survey planned to hire a compliance consultant, compared with 28% in 2024. Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey.
  3. 18% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2025 survey planned to use a managed service provider, down from 26% in 2024. Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey.
  4. 77% of respondents to PreVeil’s 2025 survey intended to handle CMMC documentation internally. This reflects planned approach, not completed documentation. Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey.
  5. 43% of respondents to PreVeil’s documentation survey planned to write their CMMC documentation from scratch. Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey.
  6. 34% of respondents to PreVeil’s documentation survey planned to use pre-filled templates. Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey.
  7. 23% of respondents to PreVeil’s documentation survey planned to use outside support. Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap survey.
  8. Redspin’s 2025 survey found that 26% of respondents had spent between $100,000 and $250,000 preparing for CMMC. Source: Redspin’s 2025 CMMC readiness report.
  9. 31% of respondents to Redspin’s 2025 survey reported spending more than $250,000 preparing for CMMC. Source: Redspin’s 2025 CMMC readiness report.

CMMC Requirements and Regulatory Statistics

  1. CMMC Level 1 includes 15 basic safeguarding requirements for protecting Federal Contract Information. Source: CMMC regulations, 32 CFR Part 170.
  2. CMMC Level 2 incorporates 110 security requirements from NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2. Source: NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2.
  3. CMMC Level 3 includes selected requirements from NIST SP 800-172, in addition to the applicable Level 2 requirements. Source: CMMC regulations, 32 CFR Part 170.
  4. CMMC Level 2 certification is generally valid for three years, subject to applicable affirmation and continuing compliance requirements. Source: CMMC regulations, 32 CFR Part 170.
  5. The CMMC program rule became effective on December 16, 2024. Source: Federal Register, CMMC Program Final Rule.
  6. CMMC contractual implementation began on November 10, 2025, under the separate acquisition rule. Source: Federal Register, CMMC Acquisition Rule.
  7. The Department of War suspended planned CMMC Phase II requirements on July 13, 2026. Contractors should still verify the requirements that apply to their individual contracts and solicitations. Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Phase II update.

CMMC and Cybersecurity Industry Statistics

  1. NDIA’s 2026 CMMC survey received 263 complete responses from defense industrial base organizations. Source: NDIA’s 2026 CMMC Survey Dashboard.
  2. More than half of respondents to NDIA’s 2026 CMMC survey represented organizations with fewer than 50 employees. Source: NDIA’s 2026 CMMC Survey Dashboard.
  3. More than 61% of respondents to NDIA’s 2026 CMMC survey said their organizations had served as a prime contractor or subcontractor on Department of War contracts for more than 10 years. Source: NDIA’s 2026 CMMC Survey Dashboard.
  4. NDIA conducted its 2026 CMMC survey between July 28 and August 25, 2026, capturing industry perspectives following the Phase II pause. Source: NDIA’s 2026 CMMC Survey Dashboard.

PreVeil and CMMC Compliance Statistics

  1. More than 3,000 small and midsize defense contractors use PreVeil to protect CUI and ITAR technical data. Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap.
  2. More than 100 PreVeil customers have achieved CMMC Level 2 certification. Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap.
  3. PreVeil says its platform and Compliance Accelerator can cover the necessary technology and documentation for less than $10,000 per year, helping address the cost challenges faced by small and midsize contractors. Actual costs depend on the organization’s needs and selected services. Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap.
  4. PreVeil’s Compliance Accelerator includes baseline documentation such as a System Security Plan, standard operating procedures, worksheets, network diagrams, and assessment checklists. Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap.
  5. PreVeil provides end-to-end encrypted email, file storage, and file sharing to help defense contractors protect sensitive information. Source: PreVeil.
  6. PreVeil states that its platform has FedRAMP Moderate Equivalent status and FIPS 140-3 validated encryption. Contractors should confirm that the product configuration and scope meet their own contractual requirements. Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap.
  7. PreVeil says customers can save up to 75% compared with legacy solutions such as GCC High, depending on the environment and comparison. Source: PreVeil’s CMMC Affordability Gap.

What These CMMC Statistics Mean for Defense Contractors

These statistics point to three major challenges for defense contractors:

  • Cost: Many contractors budget below the government’s estimated cost for a Level 2 certification assessment and affirmation.
  • Readiness: Surveys continue to show that some organizations have not completed their preparation, documentation, or assessment planning.
  • Resources: Contractors often need to balance CMMC work with existing IT and cybersecurity responsibilities.

How PreVeil Helps Contractors Prepare for CMMC

PreVeil combines end-to-end encrypted email and file sharing with documentation resources through its Compliance Accelerator. This approach is designed to help contractors protect CUI, organize assessment evidence, and reduce the effort required to build a compliance program.

No single software platform automatically makes an organization CMMC compliant. Contractors remain responsible for defining their assessment scope, implementing applicable controls, maintaining evidence, and meeting the requirements in their contracts.

Learn more about PreVeil’s CMMC compliance solutions or read the CMMC certification cost guide.