Guardian Cleared On-Prem: A Smarter Way to Build, Accredit, and Maintain Cleared Systems

Contractors operating in cleared spaces face a unique set of challenges.  

The projects you work on require compliance-heavy, accreditation-bound systems where a single misstep can halt a contract. 

Whether you're supporting modeling and simulation, DevOps, data reduction, or other sensitive work, building and managing the necessary infrastructure can be a distracting hassle.  

And doing it the traditional way is rarely sustainable. 

Standing up a cleared environment comes with real-world operational hurdles: 

• You need a team of cleared personnel. Systems engineers, cyber and info security pros, network admins, help desk, and project managers, all with the right credentials. 
• You’re on the hook for continuous accreditation. It's not enough to get an ATO (Authority to Operate) once. You have to maintain it and prove it. 
• You're managing multiple vendors and tools. Hardware, software, supply chain sourcing, configuration, documentation. Every piece must align with government standards. 
• Time and cost add up fast. Hiring, training, and managing a cleared team for a single system can easily consume resources better used elsewhere. 

And if your accreditation lapses or your system falls out of compliance, your contract could stall. 

The Solution: Guardian Cleared On-Premises 

Guardian Cleared On-Prem is Summit 7’s turnkey offering for classified systems that must remain on-premises, often inside a SCIF or other secure facility. 

It exists to replace the costly, complex burden of building and managing cleared systems in-house with a seamless, expert-led service that keeps your systems secure, compliant, and audit-ready. 

The service is built around three primary capabilities: 

• Managed IT and Security Services - Continuous operations, patching, updates, security control enforcement, and compliance monitoring—just like a cleared MSP should. 
• Professional Services - Initial system buildout, documentation, and full lifecycle support through the ATO process—ensuring your system gets accredited fast. 
• Secure Supply Chain Support - Procurement of compliant hardware and software, configured and delivered with government requirements in mind.

Guardian Cleared On-Prem provides a full-stack team of cleared experts ready to stand up, secure, and sustain your system from day one. 

You can focus on the mission while we handle the rest. No more splitting your time between program execution and system management. 

You get help desk, engineers, network support, cybersecurity experts, and project management, without staffing each role yourself. 

If you were to hire internally to staff it, you’ll likely spending 4-5x more than you would with Guardian Cleared. Most clients save over 70% annually. 

AND our structure supports continuous ATO: a compliant system that stays ready, with future accreditations included at no extra cost. 

Guardian Cleared On-Prem is ideal for defense contractors who: 

• Have or are pursuing classified contracts 
• Need to build or sustain a system inside a cleared facility (SCIF or OSF) 
• Require help navigating the accreditation process 
• Want to avoid building and managing an internal cleared IT staff 
• Need confidence that their system will pass audits and stay in the green 

Summit 7 has over a decade of experience helping defense contractors succeed in both cloud and on-prem environments. We’ve built over 50 accredited cleared systems and supported more than 500 CMMC implementations. 

With Guardian Cleared On-Premises, we’ve taken the most complex part of cleared system delivery and turned it into a service model that works technically, operationally, and financially. 

If you’re preparing for a classified contract or struggling to maintain one now, there’s a smarter way.