CMMC Program Basics
Three pieces on 32 CFR part 170 and DFARS subpart 204.75: who CMMC applies to, how it is phased in, and how the model and its levels are built.
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Three pieces in this topic
01
Who CMMC applies to and why
Purpose, who the rule reaches, federal systems outside it, choosing a level, and the two kinds of information it protects.
02How CMMC is phased into contracts
Four phases a year apart, waivers, the DFARS award rules, conditional status at award, the clause schedule, and credit for earlier assessments.
03How the CMMC model and its levels are built
Three sources and three levels, domains and numbering, the Level 3 parameters, scoring by level, and how assessment terms are read.
Key terms in this topic
CMMCFCICUICMMC statusOrganization Seeking CertificationImplementation phaseC3PAODIBCACConditional statusCurrent statusCMMC ModelDomainLevel 1Level 2Organization-defined parameter
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