We are excited to share that Ace of Cloud has successfully passed their DIBCAC High assessment with a perfect 110 out of 110 and is now an Authorized Certified Third-Party Assessor Organization (C3PAO) supporting the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) progam.
Ace of Cloud reached this milestone using Beryllium InfoSec’s Cuick Trac Managed Enclave (CTME), a turnkey, secure and compliance-focused virtual environment designed to reduce assessment complexity, scope, risk, and cost for organizations handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
Passing a DIBCAC High assessment is one of the most demanding cybersecurity validations in the Defense Industrial Base. Achieving a perfect 110/110 score demonstrates not only strong control implementation, but the ability to sustain those controls under real assessment conditions.
“Cuick Trac provided us with a scalable managed enclave that allowed us to adapt as our needs evolved. By taking on a significant portion of the technical and operational burden, Cuick Trac enabled our team to stay focused on our core responsibility — performing our role as a C3PAO. That support was critical in achieving a perfect 110 out of 110 on our DIBCAC High assessment.”
— Anwar Kibria, CEO, Ace of Cloud
Why This Matters
Becoming an Authorized C3PAO requires demonstrating strong implementation and validation of NIST SP 800-171 controls under real assessment conditions, conducted by the Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center (DIBCAC) team. For many organizations, the challenge is not understanding the requirements, but operationalizing them in a way that is scalable, auditable, and cost-effective.
Cuick Trac Managed Enclave was built specifically to address that challenge.
Accelerating Compliance Through Built-In Control Inheritance
The Cuick Trac Managed Enclave, a cloud service offering (CSO), was purpose-built to support federal cybersecurity frameworks, including NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC. By design, Cuick Trac satisfies approximately 82 percent of the 320 assessment objectives defined in NIST SP 800-171A, significantly reducing the compliance burden placed on customers.
Rather than engineering and maintaining security controls independently, Ace of Cloud was able to inherit a substantial portion of required safeguards directly through Cuick Trac’s FedRAMP Moderate Equivalent attestation. This streamlined both assessment preparation and execution while reducing long-term operational overhead.
Reducing Scope and Cost with Secure VDI Architecture
A key differentiator of the Cuick Trac Managed Enclave is its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) architecture. By ensuring that CUI never touches endpoint devices, Cuick Trac effectively removes employee laptops and workstations from CUI scope.
Authorized users access the enclave through hardened virtual desktops, giving organizations centralized control, consistent configurations, and reduced audit exposure without disrupting daily operations. The result is a significantly smaller assessment boundary and lower overall cost.
Rapid Deployment with Immediate Productivity
Cuick Trac is pre-configured and assessment-focused by design, enabling organizations to begin operating within a secure enclave in a very short timeframe. Ace of Cloud’s authorized personnel were able to start working inside the environment quickly, without prolonged infrastructure build-outs or months-long implementation cycles.
This speed-to-readiness is especially important for organizations pursuing time-sensitive DIBCAC and CMMC milestones.
Fully Managed Administration by Design
Unlike traditional compliance environments that require extensive in-house expertise, Cuick Trac is fully managed by Beryllium InfoSec, a Cloud Service Provider (CSP). This includes system hardening, patching, monitoring, configuration management, and ongoing control maintenance.
By offloading administrative responsibility of the identified system (CTME), Ace of Cloud reduced operational burden and eliminated the need to hire or train specialized staff to manage the environment internally.
Built on Azure Virtual Desktop and Microsoft GCC High
Cuick Trac is built on Azure Virtual Desktop and Microsoft GCC High, allowing customers to inherit Microsoft’s authoritative compliance posture. This includes identity management, incident response capabilities, and security control inheritance to support DFARS 252.204-7012 incident response requirements.
This architecture aligns with Department of Defense requirements while delivering enterprise-grade reliability and scalability.
Secure Collaboration Without Compromise
The Cuick Trac Managed Enclave provides secure access to the productivity tools modern organizations rely on, including key features such as:
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
- Secure email
- Secure file storage
- Microsoft Teams
- SharePoint
- OneDrive
- Large file storage and secure collaboration tools
- Allow only URL’s and external domains
All while ensuring that CUI remains protected within a controlled, audited environment.
Cost-Effective Compliance at Scale
From a financial perspective, Cuick Trac delivers strong value. In most cases, the service costs less per year than hiring a single full-time employee, making advanced cybersecurity and compliance capabilities accessible to organizations of all sizes.
A Proven Path to CMMC and Beyond
Ace of Cloud’s successful DIBCAC High assessment underscores the effectiveness of the Cuick Trac Managed Enclave as a proven solution for organizations pursuing CMMC readiness and authorization.
“Passing a DIBCAC assessment is one of the most demanding cybersecurity validation assessments of NIST SP 800-171,” said Derek White, COO at Beryllium InfoSec. “We are proud to support Ace of Cloud in achieving Authorized C3PAO status and look forward to helping more organizations reach the same level of trust and compliance, as part of the CMMC ecosystem.”
About Beryllium InfoSec
Beryllium InfoSec, a FedRAMP Moderate Equivalent CSP, delivers cybersecurity and compliance solutions purpose-built for the Defense Industrial Base. Through cloud services like the Cuick Trac Managed Enclave, Beryllium InfoSec enables secure, scalable, and cost-effective alignment with NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, and federal cybersecurity requirements.
About Ace of Cloud
Ace of Cloud is a cybersecurity-focused organization supporting federal compliance efforts across the defense ecosystem, now recognized as an Authorized C3PAO following successful DIBCAC High validation.