IT compliance consulting for Wisconsin businesses
Compliance is not a product, and no IT provider can simply make a company compliant. We assess technical gaps, implement the controls, document how they are configured, keep the evidence current, and help you prepare for assessments under CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and SOC 2.
Since 2011
Serving Wisconsin businesses
150+ organizations
Served since 2011
Wisconsin-based team
Manufacturing and regulated industries
Compliance challenges are intensifying
Regulatory requirements are becoming more complex and penalties more severe. Manual compliance management puts your business at risk.
Evidence, Not Opinions
Assessors ask for proof that a control was configured and is still operating, not a description of intent
Documented technical controls
Audit Stress
Preparation consumes internal time when configuration and documentation were never maintained together
Preparation done in advance
Continuous Monitoring
Regulations require ongoing compliance, not just point-in-time checks
Controls operated continuously
Comprehensive compliance framework support
We help you achieve and maintain compliance with the most demanding regulatory frameworks in your industry.
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Protect healthcare information and patient privacy
Key Requirements We Address:
PCI DSS
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
Secure payment card data processing and storage
Key Requirements We Address:
SOC 2
Service Organization Control 2
Trust service criteria for service organizations
Key Requirements We Address:
Shared responsibility model
We work together to support your compliance readiness. You focus on your business policies while we handle the technical implementation.
Your Responsibilities
- Define compliance requirements
- Approve security policies
- Provide staff training
- Report incidents promptly
Our Responsibilities
- Implement technical controls
- Monitor compliance status
- Generate audit documentation
- Manage security incidents
Automated compliance management
Our automated approach reduces manual effort, improves accuracy, and provides continuous compliance monitoring.
Audit-Ready Documentation
Automated documentation generation for compliance audits
Risk Reduction
Continuous monitoring reduces compliance risks and penalties
Compliance Dashboards
Real-time visibility into your compliance posture
Automated Controls
Technical controls that maintain compliance automatically
Compliance readiness assessment
Our comprehensive assessment identifies compliance gaps and provides a clear roadmap to achieve and maintain compliance with your required frameworks.
Gap Analysis
Identify current compliance gaps and risks
Remediation Plan
Step-by-step plan to achieve compliance
Ongoing Monitoring
Continuous compliance monitoring and reporting
Documented Controls
Evidence you can hand to an assessor
We document how each technical control is configured and keep that documentation current, so audit preparation is a review rather than a scramble. It starts with our paid IT and security assessment.
Get Compliance AssessmentCMMC compliance support for Wisconsin defense contractors
If your contracts reference DFARS clauses and Controlled Unclassified Information, the practical work is implementing and documenting technical controls in the environment where that CUI actually lives. We do that work for Wisconsin organizations in the defense industrial base, and we scope it first so you are not applying defense-grade requirements to systems that never touch CUI.
On certification, plainly
Collett Systems does not certify organizations as CMMC compliant. Certification and formal assessment belong to the appropriate authorized assessment process, including a C3PAO where your contract requires one. Our role is technical implementation, documentation, and preparation, and we work alongside whoever performs your assessment.
Most of the defense suppliers we work with are manufacturers, so this work usually runs next to plant-floor realities. Our manufacturing IT services in Wisconsin page covers the OT side of the same environment.
If you are still scoping the work, the CMMC readiness checklist walks through the control areas assessors ask about first, so you can see where your environment already stands before anyone quotes a project.
NIST 800-171 technical control implementation
There is a real difference between buying security products and implementing documented controls that map to actual requirements. A vendor invoice is not evidence. NIST SP 800-171 expects a specific requirement to be implemented in a specific system, described accurately, and still operating months later.
Our work is the mapping and the maintenance: which requirement, which system, what configuration satisfies it, where the evidence comes from, who reviews it, and what the remediation plan says about the gaps that remain. Where a requirement cannot be met as written, that gets documented too rather than quietly skipped.
Because so much regulated data sits in the tenant, this usually overlaps with ongoing Microsoft 365 tenant management and with the segmentation work described on our manufacturing IT page.
HIPAA IT compliance in Wisconsin: technical safeguards
HIPAA splits into administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. The technical safeguards are ours to implement and document; the administrative and legal side stays with your practice and its counsel. We support Wisconsin healthcare organizations with identity and access controls, audit logging, encryption at rest and in transit, endpoint protection, Microsoft 365 security configuration, backup with verified restores, and the technical input to your security risk assessment.
Practice-specific detail lives on our healthcare IT services, medical office IT support, and dental office IT support pages.
Cyber insurance compliance and security questionnaires
Insurance applications and renewals now read like control audits, and answering them optimistically is how claims get contested later. We answer the technical sections accurately from what is actually configured, and where something is missing we tell you what implementing it would involve.
Carriers and brokers decide eligibility, terms, and pricing. We supply accurate technical answers and the evidence behind them.
Wisconsin IT compliance questions
Does Collett Systems provide CMMC compliance consulting in Wisconsin?
Yes. We help Wisconsin organizations in the defense industrial base implement and document the technical controls behind CMMC and NIST SP 800-171: identity and MFA, access control, logging, endpoint security, network segmentation, vulnerability management, backup and recovery, and Microsoft 365 configuration. Our role is technical implementation and evidence, not certification.
Can Collett Systems certify us as CMMC compliant?
No. Collett Systems does not certify organizations as CMMC compliant. Certification and formal assessment belong to the authorized assessment process, including a C3PAO where your contract requires one. We prepare the environment and the documentation that process reviews.
What is NIST SP 800-171?
NIST SP 800-171 is the federal publication describing requirements for protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in non-federal systems. It is written as a set of security requirements you implement, document, and keep operating, which is why buying security products alone does not satisfy it.
Can Microsoft 365 make us CMMC compliant?
No single platform makes an organization compliant. Microsoft 365 can host regulated data and provide many of the required technical capabilities, but the configuration, the scoping of where regulated data lives, and the documented evidence are all work that has to be done and maintained. Commercial, GCC, and GCC High are separate environments with different contractual commitments.
Does Collett help Wisconsin manufacturers with CMMC?
Yes. Manufacturing is a core part of our work, and defense suppliers usually carry the added complexity of plant-floor systems that cannot be patched on a normal cycle. We handle segmentation between business and production networks alongside the CUI scoping work. See our manufacturing IT services page for the operational side.
Does Collett provide HIPAA IT compliance support?
Yes. We implement and document the technical safeguards: identity and access controls, audit logging, encryption, endpoint protection, Microsoft 365 security configuration, backup with tested restores, and the technical input to your risk assessment. Administrative and legal requirements stay with your practice and its counsel.
Can Collett help with cyber insurance questionnaires?
Yes. We answer the technical sections accurately and, where a control is missing, tell you what it would take to implement it. Common items are MFA coverage, EDR, backup and restore testing, logging, privileged account handling, security awareness, incident response, and vulnerability management. Insurers, not us, decide eligibility and pricing.
What happens during a compliance assessment?
We inventory the environment, compare the current technical configuration against the requirements that apply to you, document gaps with the evidence behind each finding, and give you a prioritized remediation plan. It starts with our paid IT and security assessment.
Does compliance require ongoing monitoring?
Yes. Almost every framework expects controls to operate continuously and to be reviewed, not configured once. That is why we deliver compliance support inside the managed relationship rather than as a one-time project.
Can Collett work with our attorney, auditor, C3PAO, or compliance consultant?
Yes, and we prefer it. They own interpretation, legal advice, and the assessment verdict. We own the technical implementation, configuration, and evidence, and we will produce documentation in the format your assessor asks for.
Make compliance your competitive advantage
Start with a technical gap assessment. You get a documented picture of where your controls stand against the frameworks that apply to you, and a prioritized plan for the gaps.
For most organizations the regulated data lives in Microsoft 365, so control mapping starts there. See how we handle Microsoft 365 governance for CUI, retention, and access requirements.