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Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is an assessment framework and assessor certification program designed to increase the trust in measures of compliance to a variety of standards published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

The CMMC framework and model was developed by Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)) of the United States Department of Defense through existing contracts with Carnegie Mellon University, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and Futures, Inc. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body oversees the program under a no cost contract. The program is currently overseen by the DOD CIO office.

CMMC, which often requires third party assessment if a contractor handles Controlled Unclassified Information, will impact the $768bn Defense industry – 3.2% of the Gross Domestic Product of the United States of America.

The purpose of the CMMC is to verify that the information systems used by the contractors of the United States Department of Defense to process, transmit or store sensitive data are compliant with the mandatory information security requirements. The goal is to ensure appropriate protection of controlled unclassified information (CUI) and federal contract information (FCI) that is stored and processed by partner or vendor.

On August 25, 2025, the 48 CFR CMMC rule cleared regulatory review. According to ISI, it published on September 10, 2025.  

The framework provides a model for contractors in the Defense Industrial Base to meet the security requirements from NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations. Some contracts will also include a subset of requirements from NIST SP 800–172, Enhanced Security Requirements for Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information: A Supplement to NIST Special Publication 800–171.

CMMC organizes these practices into a set of domains, which map directly to the NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 and NIST SP 800-172 families. There are three levels within CMMC—Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3

CMMC will not be enforced on federal contracts until the final rulemaking has completed and incorporated into the 32 & 48 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). [1].

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