C3 Core Managed Services for Federal Contractors
Streamline IT and security operations with managed services designed to reduce overhead, enhance cybersecurity, and maintain operational excellence.
The IT MSP for Federal Contractors—and beyond
Modern organizations need more than just IT support—they need a structured, best-practices-driven approach to IT and security that aligns with business goals, optimizes operations, and safeguards critical systems.
C3 Core gives organizations the same level of security and operational excellence that drive our compliance-focused solutions—delivered with the flexibility to meet a wide range of business needs.
Customized Architecture
Secure, scalable IT environments designed around Microsoft 365, Azure, and modern cloud infrastructure.
Managed IT Services
Full-service IT management, including system administration, proactive maintenance, and end-user support.
Managed Security Services
Continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, and advanced threat intelligence from a dedicated cybersecurity team.
Customized IT Architecture
Customized use case
We'll work with your team to understand your current environment, data flows, and requirements so we can design a system customized to your needs.
Best practice-based system design
We'll draw from our many years of experience designing secure and compliant systems, including adapting elements from our proprietary CMMC Reference Architecture into designing your environment.
Security-centric technology stack
Whether or not your environment needs to be compliant with NIST 800-171, security should always be a high priority. Our security-first approach includes recommendations to ensure a secure environment.
Customized baseline configuration
By combining your requirements with the design elements, we'll customize a baseline configuration that will support day-to-day business operations without sacrificing security.
System Implementation
Once we've finalized your architecture and design, we'll test and implement the system to make sure it performs well and operates as expected.
Managed IT Services
Systems administration
Any IT environment needs constant attention to remain secure and performant. Our hands-on staff will manage and maintain your IT environment so you can focus on your business.
Support desk
As your first line of defense, our team helps yours with new IT requests, issues, and troubleshooting.
Standardized procedures & processes
We develop and follow standardized procedures and processes to align with your business needs and strengthen security and consistency.
Dedicated Technical Account Manager
Your success matters to us too. An assigned Technical Account Manager will partner with you to ensure day-to-day success as well as to help you plan for the future.
Managed Security Services
24/7/365 Security monitoring
Our always-on SOC services include analysis, triage, and support from a 100% U.S.-based Security Operations Center.
Network security & vulnerability management
Our full-services security team provides continuous monitoring of ingress and egress network traffic and vulnerability scanning and reporting.
Incident response preparedness
We'll work with you to prepare your organization against the threat of security incidents so that you can respond swiftly to security incidents.
Threat intelligence monitoring
Our team will continuously monitor external security advisories, alerts, and emerging threats to identify actionable intelligence and proactive defense measures.
Prioritizing flexibility without sacrificing security
Designed to offer optimal flexibility, our customized managed IT services offering for Federal contractors can be adapted to manage as little or as much of your IT environment as you need, with a shared administration model to support collaboration.
C3 Core features a flexible and collaborative approach to designing a customized managed IT solution. We’ll provide recommendations and guidance based on best practices to deliver a solution custom-built to support your business.
FAQs
What is C3 Core?
C3 Core is C3’s suite of managed IT and cybersecurity services designed specifically for use case scenarios where a CMMC requirement is not present. Whether you need targeted managed services for specific IT functions, comprehensive end-to-end IT support, or dedicated (and US-based) cybersecurity services to protect your organization, C3 Core provides ongoing expert IT help that keeps your business running securely.
What services are included in C3 Core managed services?
C3 Core includes a comprehensive range of managed IT and cybersecurity services tailored to our clients’ needs. Our managed IT and cybersecurity services focus on Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 Commercial, and Microsoft’s Government Community Cloud (GCC) and GCC High environments and include day-to-day IT management, 24/7 monitoring and support, security operations center (SOC) services, patch management, vulnerability management, incident response, backup and disaster recovery, and help desk support. Services can be customized to fill specific gaps in your IT and cybersecurity capabilities.
How is C3 Core different from traditional managed service providers?
C3’s deep Microsoft expertise, dedicated cybersecurity team, and years of experience serving the Defense Industrial Base, have resulted in an unparalleled commitment to cybersecurity and operational excellence. C3 embeds cybersecurity best practices into all of its managed services, not just our managed security services, resulting in a security-centric approach to IT that better protects our clients whether they are pursuing CMMC certification or not.
Can C3 Core work alongside our internal IT team?
Absolutely. C3 Core is designed to be flexible and can complement your existing IT team by filling specific capability gaps. Many government contractors have small IT teams that lack specialized cybersecurity or IT expertise. C3 Core can provide targeted IT support or security monitoring while your team handles day-to-day operations. Or C3 can provide comprehensive end-to-end IT management, including Tier 1 support, if needed.
Does C3 provide 24/7/365 security monitoring?
Yes, C3 Core includes 24/7/365 monitoring and security operations to protect your environment around the clock. This continuous monitoring is essential for maintaining CMMC compliance and detecting potential security incidents before they become breaches. C3 also provides help desk support to ensure your users can get assistance when they need it.
How does C3 Core help with CMMC compliance?
C3 Core is not designed as a CMMC solution. While our managed extended detection and response (MxDR) offering can help meet the cybersecurity monitoring requirements of CMMC, organizations seeking a CMMC-compliant environment or comprehensive CMMC compliance solutions should take a look at our two CMMC offerings, C3 Command and C3 Catalyst.
What is included in C3's cybersecurity services?
C3’s cybersecurity solution, managed extended detection and response (MxDR), is a set of cybersecurity services that include security operations center (SOC) capabilities with 24/7/365 monitoring, threat detection and response, vulnerability scanning and management, security information and event management (SIEM), endpoint detection and response (EDR), security awareness training, incident response, and penetration testing. These services work together to provide defense-in-depth protection for your organization.
Can we start with basic services and expand over time?
Yes, C3 Core is designed to scale with your needs. You can start with specific managed services that address your most immediate gaps and expand to more comprehensive support as your organization grows or as your compliance requirements evolve. This flexibility allows you to manage costs while ensuring you have the expertise you need when you need it.
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