Rackspace Technology and SMPL-C have announced a partnership aimed at helping government contractors meet the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirements. The alliance brings together SMPL-C’s documentation and workflow platform with Rackspace Technology’s secure, CMMC-authorized cloud infrastructure and advisory services.
Rick Rosenburg, Vice President and General Manager at Rackspace Technology Government Solutions, said, “Too many organizations are stuck navigating compliance in silos, struggling with disconnected spreadsheets, manual processes, and costly delays. This partnership with SMPL-C creates a unified, client-first ecosystem that simplifies, accelerates, and strengthens the CMMC journey.”
The companies state that their collaboration is focused on delivering automation, advisory support, and security operations as a combined offering to make the compliance process more accessible for clients.
Srikant Rachakonda, Founder and CEO of SMPL-C, commented: “In a world where cybersecurity challenges continue to evolve, our innovative partnership seamlessly integrates a cutting-edge CMMC technical remedial security enclave with our AI-enabled CMMC documentation workflow engine, revolutionizing the way organizations tackle CMMC readiness. By automating and streamlining the once tedious documentation process, this powerful collaboration not only fortifies a more holistic approach to CMMC compliance but also reduces CMMC costs for the defense sector.”
According to both companies, customers will benefit from faster preparation for CMMC through automated assessments and evidence tracking for Level 1 self-attestation and Level 2 certification. The partnership will also provide secure cloud hosting using Rackspace’s environments aligned with AWS and Azure standards. Additionally, clients can access Rackspace’s government contracting resources to streamline procurement processes. Ongoing advisory services will be available through Rackspace’s Elastic Engineering for Security team alongside SMPL-C’s AI-driven platform.
Rackspace Technology offers hybrid cloud and AI solutions across major technology platforms. The company works with customers throughout their cloud transformation projects.
SMPL-C provides an automation platform designed specifically for CMMC readiness using private large language models (LLMs), automated tools for documentation, and centralized dashboards.
