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NIST 800-171 Compliance — Without the Bureaucracy or the Bill

smartNOC automates the technical controls you're paying consultants to chase.

Continuous compliance, immutable builds, zero-drift ops — for pennies on the dollar.

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The Problem: 110 Controls, Endless Busywork
  • ! 14 control families, 110 requirements, and a moving target of evidence requests
  • ! Traditional approach: manual checklists, screenshots, brittle SOPs, and drift
  • → smartNOC flips the model: enforce controls in real time and emit evidence continuously

Outcome: lower audit prep, higher assurance, fewer surprises.

Compliance by Design, Not by Audit

Built-In Compliance Architecture
  • ✓ Immutable, signed images (smartBASE): every node starts compliant and stays that way
  • ✓ Zero-drift enforcement: declarative builds; config drift is designed-out
  • ✓ Full-stack mTLS & RBAC: x509 everywhere via automated certificate authority; role-scoped access from CMDB
  • ✓ Continuous evidence: SELinux/audit logs & runtime metrics → secure message bus → audit database
  • ✓ Automated validation: Doghouse runs targeted technical tests mapped to 800-171 controls

Key Pillars

Access Control

mTLS everywhere, CMDB-driven RBAC, no shared secrets.

Audit & Evidence

Immutable logs, attestations, time-boxed, tamper-evident.

Zero-Drift State

Signed images, declarative roles, reproducible builds.

NIST 800-171 → smartNOC Control Map

Control Family Mapping (Excerpt)

Below is a representative slice showing how smartNOC addresses key 800-171 families. The full 110-control mapping is available on request.

Family smartNOC Mechanism Examples / Evidence
AC — Access Control x509 mTLS for nodes/services; CMDB-driven RBAC; per-role credentials; no shared secrets Certificate authority issuance logs; cert inventory; CMDB policy snapshots; access logs
AU — Audit & Accountability SELinux + system audit; centralized log collection with immutable storage; retention & integrity checks Signed log bundles; tamper-evidence hashes; queryable audit trails in audit database
CM — Configuration Management Signed smartBASE images; declarative roles; reproducible builds; controlled updates via apt (mTLS) Image signatures; role manifests; package SBOMs; change approvals via CMDB
SC — System & Comms Protection TLS 1.3 default; service allow-lists; segmentation; DNS policy enforcement; encrypted internal messaging Service policy exports; cert pinning configs; network ACL definitions; flow logs
SI — System & Info Integrity Monitoring agents track processes & anomalies; Doghouse executes vuln/control tests pre/post deploy Anomaly alerts; test reports per node; quarantines on failed controls; remediation proofs
MA — Maintenance Controlled patch pipeline; signed packages only; staged/blue-green rollout Build attestations; signature checks; rollout logs; rollback artifacts

Continuous Evidence Pipeline

Build → Enforce → Prove
  • 1 Build: Build pipeline produces signed images & packages (SBOM + attestations)
  • 2 Provision: Provisioning engine applies role manifests; certificate authority issues certs
  • 3 Enforce: SELinux, allow-lists, network policy, mTLS everywhere
  • 4 Observe: Monitoring agents publish metrics, anomalies, and audit events
  • 5 Validate: Doghouse executes 800-171 checks on each node and environment
  • 6 Prove: Audit database stores logs, test results, signatures — queryable anytime

Cost Comparison

Typical Annualized Cost Profile
Approach Typical Cost Trade-offs
Consultant-led Program $80k–$150k Manual, periodic; drift between audits; heavy coordination
GRC Tool + Agents $40k–$60k Agent sprawl; data gaps; still needs strong engineering glue
smartNOC Included with your infra ops Controls enforced by design; evidence emitted continuously

Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

Do you cover all 110 controls?

smartNOC automates the technical control surface and provides evidence to satisfy the majority of requirements. Some organizational/process controls remain customer-owned; we provide templates and hooks to keep them aligned.

How do auditors see evidence?

A read-only evidence view exposes image signatures, SBOMs, policy manifests, logs, and Doghouse reports — time-boxed and tamper-evident.

What about CMMC?

Our 800-171 mapping aligns with relevant CMMC practices. Ask for the cross-walk if you're on that path.

See It Live

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Get a 30-minute walkthrough of the build→enforce→evidence loop and a copy of the full 110-control mapping.

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