Accreditation & Compliance
Enterprise-Grade Assurance Through Documentation Excellence™
Because real security is measured in artifacts.
Overview
At Cost Plus Technologies, accreditation is not just a milestone — it's a continuous journey of form completion, spreadsheet maintenance, and interpretive compliance.
Our software platforms are designed from day one to support:
• Federal accreditation pathways
• Enterprise governance frameworks
• Multi-domain authorization strategies
• Artifact-driven security
We specialize in transforming working systems into binders.
Our Accreditation Philosophy
We believe security is best achieved through:
✓ Checklists
✓ Templates
✓ Cross-referenced control matrices
✓ Repeated screenshots
✓ Multiple versions of the same document
Rather than focusing on runtime risk, we emphasize:
Pre-runtime paperwork saturation.
Supported Frameworks
We proudly align with:
Our approach is framework-agnostic, buzzword-compatible, and audit-ready.
Our Process
Phase I – Control Mapping
We begin by mapping every system capability to every possible control, regardless of relevance.
This produces:
• 300+ control statements
• 600+ inherited controls
• 12 spreadsheets
• 1 Jira epic
Phase II – Artifact Generation
Our team produces required artifacts including:
• System Security Plans
• Control Implementation Statements
• Architecture Diagrams (three versions)
• Network Diagrams (outdated immediately)
• Data Flow Diagrams (aspirational)
• POA&Ms (pre-filled)
Each document undergoes:
→ Internal review
→ Peer review
→ Manager review
→ Formatting review
Phase III – Screenshot Harvesting
Live systems are carefully screenshotted to prove:
• Logging exists
• MFA once worked
• Something is encrypted
• A dashboard has graphs
All screenshots are timestamped and immediately obsolete.
Phase IV – Typos and Rejections
Artifacts are submitted for review and returned for:
• Font inconsistencies
• Missing commas
• Incorrect acronyms
• "Please clarify" comments
• Requests to restate already stated content
This phase repeats indefinitely.
Phase V – Authorization Theater
Authorization decisions are made by stakeholders who:
• Have never used the system
• Do not understand the architecture
• Require additional diagrams
Approval granted pending remediation of cosmetic findings.
Continuous Monitoring
Once authorized, we enter Continuous Monitoring Mode™, which includes:
• Monthly scans
• Quarterly reports
• Annual reassessments
• Ongoing POA&M growth
Actual security posture changes are optional.
DevSecOps Integration
We embed accreditation into our CI/CD pipelines by:
• Generating compliance artifacts automatically
• Running tools nobody reads
• Producing dashboards nobody checks
• Opening tickets nobody closes
This ensures our delivery velocity remains safely constrained.
Accreditation Deliverables
Customers can expect:
✅ SSPs exceeding 200 pages
✅ Control traceability matrices
✅ Evidence folders with nested ZIP files
✅ Weekly compliance syncs
✅ Multiple "final" versions
✅ Slide decks explaining slide decks
Why Cost Plus Technologies
We don't just pursue accreditation.
We operationalize it.
Our team brings decades of experience navigating:
• Shifting guidance
• Conflicting interpretations
• Duplicate controls
• Subjective assessments
We are experts in translating engineering reality into compliance fiction.
Leadership Commentary
"Security isn't about systems — it's about documentation," said Robert Sivilli, Founder & CEO of Cost Plus Technologies.
"Anyone can build software. We build binders."
Ready to Begin?
Contact our Accreditation Enablement Office:
accreditation@costplustechnologies.com
Please include:
• Target framework
• Desired ATO timeline
• Tolerance for rework
• Number of approvers
We'll take it from there.