AWS GovCloud Readiness for a Federal Contractor
Project overview
This is an illustrative case study representing the type of engagement CloudLezn delivers.
A federal contractor anticipated a new contract that would require handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), meaning their existing commercial AWS environment would eventually need to meet GovCloud and NIST 800-171 requirements. They needed to become readiness-certified before the contract requirement took effect.
Project execution
CloudLezn conducted a readiness assessment against NIST 800-171 and CMMC-aligned controls, identifying gaps in access management, logging, and encryption. The team implemented enforced multi-factor authentication, least-privilege IAM roles, centralized CloudTrail and Config logging, and encrypted storage and backups using AWS KMS.
A documented disaster recovery plan with defined recovery time and recovery point objectives was created, along with compliance documentation to support future audits.
Project results
The contractor entered contract negotiations with a documented, audit-ready security posture and a clear roadmap for GovCloud migration when required, avoiding delays that readiness gaps would otherwise have caused.
