Compliance overload is an integrity risk
Aerospace suppliers are increasingly subject to overlapping compliance regimes: AS9100, ITAR/EAR, NIST 800-171, CMMC, ISO 27001, emerging EU dual-use rules and customer-specific addenda. Managing each in isolation creates duplicated effort and gaps at the seams.
This paper proposes a unified control narrative that maps shared requirements once and tracks regime-specific deltas separately.
The convergence map
We provide a cross-walk of the most common controls — access management, configuration control, supplier flow-down, incident response — across the major regimes, highlighting where evidence can be reused and where it cannot.
Operationalizing the unified narrative
The paper closes with a recommended operating model: a single control library, regime-specific assurance packs and a governance cadence that keeps the map current as regulations evolve.