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Government & Defense · International Traffic in Arms Regulations

US export controls over defense articles, services and technical data on the US Munitions List, including who can access that data in your systems.
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Issued by

US Department of State (DDTC)

Typical timeline

6-12 weeks

Assessed by

Internal program review

Validity

Ongoing obligation

Overview

  • 01Defense manufacturers and exporters
  • 02Engineering firms handling USML technical data
  • 03Cloud and IT providers hosting ITAR data

Requirements

  1. 01RegistrationDDTC registration for manufacturers and exporters.
  2. 02Jurisdiction & classificationDetermining USML categories for products and data.
  3. 03Access controlsPreventing unauthorized foreign-person access to technical data.
  4. 04Compliance programPolicies, training, recordkeeping and voluntary disclosure procedures.

Our approach

Week 1

01

Scope

We learn your product, your buyers and your deadlines, then fix the exact frameworks, boundaries and systems in scope.

Weeks 2-3

02

Assess

Control-by-control gap assessment against every target framework at once, with a single prioritized findings register.

Weeks 3-10

03

Remediate

Policies written, controls implemented, evidence automated. We work inside your tools, Jira, GitHub, AWS, Google Workspace.

Weeks 10-14

04

Audit

Mock audit, auditor selection and fieldwork coordination. Your independent auditor issues the report; we sit beside you until they do.

Year-round

05

Sustain

Continuous monitoring, quarterly testing and a renewal calendar that never surprises you.

Customer story

NDNorthstar Defense WorksHuntsville, US
Sample

110/110

NIST 800-171 requirements met

From CMMC anxiety to a clean Level 2 assessment in fourteen weeks.

CMMCNIST 800-53ITAR

FAQ

Typical timeline: 6-12 weeks, depending on scope, maturity and team availability. We'll give you a firm plan after a two-week scoping and gap assessment.

Yes, that's our specialty. ITAR shares substantial control overlap with EAR and CMMC, so we build one control set and map evidence across all of them.

Next framework

EAR

Government & DefenseUS Department of Commerce (BIS)

End of the thread

A 30-minute call with a senior practitioner. You leave with a plan either way.

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