Cape Endeavors Partners with Teramis to Deliver Precise CUI Discovery and Segmentation for Defense Contractors

Executive Summary

Cape Endeavors, a leading provider of managed CMMC secure enclaves for the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), partnered with Teramis to solve one of the most persistent challenges in CMMC compliance: accurately identifying and segmenting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

By integrating Teramis’ precision CUI discovery and continuous monitoring capabilities into its core offerings, Cape Endeavors transformed CUI identification from a manual, assumption-driven process into a data-driven, assessment-ready, and scalable capability.

The result: Accelerated timelines, more accurate CMMC scopes, reduced client costs, and one of the industry's most comprehensive CMMC compliance offering.

The Challenge

Across engagements, Cape Endeavors consistently encountered the same fundamental problem:

Clients did not know where their CUI actually resided.

This uncertainty created downstream issues:

• Oversized CMMC scopes driving unnecessary cost and complexity

• Scoping disagreements during assessment phases

• Late-stage discovery of previously unidentified CUI by assessors

• Increasing regulatory exposure, including False Claims Act risk

• Ineffective CUI spillage detection and containment

Manual processes, spreadsheets, and assumptions, simply could not deliver the accuracy or consistency required.

The Teramis Solution

Cape Endeavors integrated Teramis into its delivery model to automate and standardize CUI discovery and monitoring.

Teramis enables:

• Automated, enterprise-scale scanning across complex environments

• Identification of CUI in wide-ranging formats, including AutoCAD files, PDFs, images, and scanned documents with assessment-ready evidence

• Application of DoD-aligned statistical sampling methodologies

• Continuous monitoring to detect and manage CUI spillage over time

This replaces manual guesswork with precision, evidence, and repeatability.

Measurable Results

Accuracy

• Achieved up to 99.99% accuracy in CUI identification

• Delivered statistically valid, assessment-ready results

• Eliminated late-stage rework caused by missed CUI

Impact: Cape Endeavors can confidently defend scoping decisions with data, not assumptions.

CMMC Scope & Cost Reduction

• Reduced CMMC assessment scope size

• Lowered client compliance costs

• Eliminated unnecessary controls applied to non-CUI systems

Impact: Clients avoid over-scoping and the costs that comes with it.

Conclusion

The partnership between Cape Endeavors and Teramis demonstrates a proven model for addressing one of the most critical and persistent challenges in CMMC compliance: accurate identification and management of Controlled Unclassified Information. By embedding Teramis’ automated discovery and continuous monitoring capabilities into its managed secure enclave offerings, Cape Endeavors has replaced manual, error-prone processes with precise, repeatable, and assessment-ready methodologies.

This integration has delivered measurable outcomes for clients, including significantly faster CUI discovery timelines, materially smaller and more accurate compliance scopes, and reduced overall implementation costs.

For defense contractors pursuing or maintaining CMMC Level 2 certification, the message is clear. Early and accurate CUI discovery is no longer optional. It is foundational to efficient compliance, successful assessments, and long-term competitiveness. Cape Endeavors continues to lead by combining managed secure enclaves with advanced CUI intelligence, delivering compliance programs that are both effective today and sustainable for the future.

Defense contractors seeking to strengthen their CMMC posture through disciplined scoping and reduced risk should contact Cape Endeavors to learn how this integrated approach can be applied to their environment.