Requirement ownership
Map each requirement to a control, owner and accountable approval authority.
DEFENCE SUPPLY CHAIN / SUPPLIER ASSURANCE
Be ready when your customers ask you to prove security.
For suppliers serving defence and other high-assurance customers, cybersecurity can become a condition of doing business. Requirements differ by contract, customer and jurisdiction. Akita helps translate them into working controls, gap reduction and evidence that stands up to scrutiny.
START WITH THE RIGHT OBLIGATIONS
Identify what your customers actually require.
Contract clauses, customer requirements and the applicable framework must be established for each relationship. ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials and CMMC may be relevant in different markets; they do not apply to every supplier.
WORKING CONTROLS
Turn obligations into controls and accountable owners.
Prioritise identity, endpoint security, secure configuration, supplier access, incident readiness and safe information handling. Controls should be demonstrable, not merely described in policy.
Evidence readiness
Identify the current evidence, missing artifacts, open gaps and deadlines.
Technical verification
Use expressly scoped checks when an assessor needs evidence beyond an assertion.
SUPPLIER ASSURANCE READINESS REVIEW
Build an evidence trail before the deadline.
An initial review can establish applicable requirements, assess available evidence and identify high-priority remediation. Agree practical outputs such as a requirement matrix, control inventory and ownership-based action plan.
CONNECTED EXPERTISE
Advice that works in engineering.
Security obligations must make business sense and implementation must be technically testable. Akita connects governance decisions with the controls that support them.
QUESTIONS BUYERS ASK
Practical answers before you begin
Will Akita certify us?
No certification or accreditation is implied. Readiness support is not a substitute for a separate accredited assessment.
Is CMMC relevant to every defence supplier?
No. Customer, contract and jurisdiction determine applicability.
Can we start before receiving a questionnaire?
Yes. We can review known controls and evidence gaps without claiming to know future contract requirements.
NEXT STEP
Prepare for the security questions your customers will ask.
Tell us what your customer or tender requires and where evidence is missing.