Global Enterprise Technologies (GET Group)

See how GET Group streamlines FOCI compliance, saves security teams critical bandwidth, and stays audit-ready with Sign In Solutions Compliance.

Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) adds a demanding layer of oversight for cleared government contractors — especially those operating under a Special Security Agreement (SSA). Global Enterprise Technology Corp (GET Group), a FOCI-mitigated federal systems integrator, needed a scalable way to track affiliate engagement, foreign travel, training, and audit evidence without expanding headcount.

Since implementing Sign In Solutions, GET Group has centralized SSA workflows and automated employee reporting, cutting administrative load for its security team.

The result: continuous audit readiness, stronger FOCI posture, and a compliance program that scales. We caught up with two members of their Facilities Security team to learn more about the impact they have seen.

Location

North America

Industry

Federal Systems Integration / Secure Credentialing

Size

80

Challenges

  • FOCI compliance complexity was growing faster than the security team’s bandwidth.

  • FOCI mitigation added a full, continuous program of auditable requirements beyond standard clearances.

  • Manual, spreadsheet-driven tracking made foreign travel, training, and documentation reactive and error-prone.

  • Documentation sprawl and limited FSO capacity made inspection readiness difficult to sustain without added headcount.

Results

  • One controlled system purpose-built for cleared and FOCI-mitigated environments.

  • Training, clearances, VARs, badges, foreign travel, contacts, and affiliate meetings managed in one place.

  • A single source of truth that delivers instant, audit-ready reporting without spreadsheets.

  • FOCI-aligned workflows and automation that shift routine compliance ownership to employees while keeping FSOs in control.

The Challenge

Before implementing Sign In Solutions, GET Group faced the same burden many FOCI-mitigated contractors do: compliance tracking was growing in complexity faster than the security team’s bandwidth.

Key challenges included:

  • FOCI adds “another full program” of requirements. Beyond facility and personnel clearance, FOCI mitigation requires continuous, auditable tracking of affiliate interactions, foreign travel, foreign visitors, and communications controls. 
  • Documentation sprawl and high administrative load. FOCI-mitigated companies must maintain and prove adherence to multiple governing plans (SSA and supplements, Affiliated Operations Plan, Electronic Communications Plan, Technology Control Plan, Facility Location Plan, etc.). Keeping these current and inspection-ready is time-intensive without a dedicated system. 
  • Legacy approaches were error-prone and reactive. Like many cleared organizations, foreign travel and training were previously tracked using spreadsheets and inbox workflows — leading to missing details, chasing employees, and last-minute audit scrambles. 
  • Limited FSO bandwidth. Team members were wearing multiple hats, and needed a way to scale compliance without scaling headcount. 

"GET Group needed a system that could track the complexity for us, not add another tool to manage."

Matthew, Director of Customer Service & Business Operations and AFSO

 

 

The Solution

After reviewing available options in the cleared-contractor space and meeting the Sign In Solutions team at the NCMS expo,  GET Group were impressed with the in-depth features and ease-of-use for admins and stafd and chose Sign In Solutions to help them centralize and automate every critical compliance workflow. 

Why Sign In Solutions was the right fit:

  • Built for cleared and FOCI-mitigated environments. GET Group manages training, personnel clearance tracking, Visitor Access Requests (VARs), badges, foreign travel, foreign contacts, and affiliate meetings,  all in one controlled system. 
  • Single source of truth for audits and reporting. Instead of maintaining multiple spreadsheets and folders, GET Group can generate audit-ready reports instantly and confidently. 
  • Workflow approvals that match FOCI rules. Affiliate meetings require structured review and approval by Inside Directors, including visibility into agendas and attendees. They can create custom workflows to support their exact requirements.
  • Automation that shifts ownership to employees. Training assignments, renewal reminders, and post-travel reporting are automatically prompted through the system, ensuring both employees and FSOs stay aligned without manual follow-up. 

Sean, who stepped into the FSO role more recently, said he was genuinely struck by how robust the platform was from day one. As a new FSO, he was impressed by the depth of features and the fact that employees already understood that routine compliance lives in the system — not in ad-hoc emails to the security team and spreadsheets.

 

The Results

1. Audit readiness without the scramble

GET Group’s first audit after implementing validated the investment immediately. All required evidence — from training certifications to foreign travel history and FOCI oversight records — was already consolidated, current, and exportable on demand. 

Instead of searching across spreadsheets, folders, and email threads, the team can respond to auditors in minutes with complete confidence.

2. Massive bandwidth savings for FSOs

For FOCI-mitigated companies, the FSO/AFSO role expands dramatically — and GET Group has felt that growth wave firsthand. Sign In Solutions provides the team more bandwidth by:

  • Eliminating spreadsheet maintenance for training, travel, VARs, clearance updates, and badges
  • Reducing back-and-forth email loops for incomplete foreign travel reports
  • Automating reminders so compliance ownership sits primarily with employees
  • Keeping security teams proactive rather than chasing deadlines before inspections 

Both Matthew and Sean emphasized that the system reduces mental load and admin overhead, freeing their time for higher-value security oversight. 

3. Stronger FOCI posture as requirements expand

FOCI mitigation is becoming more common across large federal contracts — especially for DoD programs — and GET Group expects scrutiny to keep rising. Sign In Solutions Compliance product enables them to scale this complexity safely by:

  • Maintaining structured records of affiliate engagement
  • Keeping foreign travel and contact reporting consistent and complete
  • Supporting governance requirements tied to SSA commitments
  • Ensuring visibility into compliance status at any moment

4. A foundation for integrated foreign visitor compliance

While GET Group has modest visitor volume, FOCI rules require separate tracking and approval for affiliate and foreign visitors. GET Group is actively exploring Sign In Solutions’ Visitor Management module to integrate pre-registration and dynamic compliance approvals, ensuring foreign visitation is vetted automatically before an invite is sent. 

A Trusted Partnership for FOCI-Ready Growth

For GET Group, Sign In Solutions doesn’t just offer a tracking tool, it’s operational infrastructure for a FOCI-mitigated cleared contractor. The platform gives their security team confidence that as rules evolve and oversight expands, compliance stays centralized, automated, and provable. 

With Sign In Solutions, GET Group can keep pace with rising federal expectations while protecting what matters most: their people, their clearances, and the integrity of the classified missions they support. 

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