Foundations5 min
Understand the CMMC model before memorizing its terms
Learn how information, requirements, implementation, assessment and continuing responsibility connect.
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A PRACTICAL CMMC LEARNING LIBRARYBuild understanding.
Build understanding.
Then build
readiness.
Clear lessons, thoughtful examples, and learning paths for the people behind the work. Start with the concepts. Connect them to your role.
SELF-PACEDNO ACCOUNT REQUIREDMADE FOR WORKING TEAMS
26focused learning guides
06connected topics
04paths shaped around your role
START WITH YOUR ROLEYou do not need to learn
Compare learning pathsYou do not need to learn
everything at once.
Choose a path that connects the concepts to the work you do. Read, reflect, and keep track of your progress.
01Leadership & business owners
Lead the program
Build the vocabulary to sponsor the work, assign responsibility, and ask useful questions without becoming the technical implementer.
Explore this path ↗02IT & security teamsUnderstand the systems
Follow information through the environment, connect safeguards to the work, and learn how to explain the evidence behind an implementation.
Explore this path ↗03Proposal & contracts teamsConnect contracts to delivery
Learn the concepts that help a procurement team communicate clearly with security and delivery colleagues. Use CMMC.bid for the opportunity-specific workflow.
Explore this path ↗04Project & supplier leadsCoordinate the team
Create a shared language across the people doing the work. Focus on responsibilities, handoffs, changes, and the habits that keep a team aligned.
Explore this path ↗OPEN THE LIBRARYMake the concepts
Explore all lessonsMake the concepts
easier to work with.
Every guide includes a clear learning purpose, a worked example, and a way to check your understanding.
Information & scope5 min
Tell FCI, CUI and ordinary business information apart
Learn the questions that matter when information labels are unclear, without guessing from a file name or customer logo.
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Leadership & governance5 min
Practice leadership accountability for readiness decisions
Learn to distinguish delegation, review, and accountability when a team asks a leader to accept a readiness conclusion.
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UNDERSTANDING THAT STAYS WITH YOUPut a little structure
Put a little structure
around the reading.
01
Start with a question.
Use your role or a concept you want to understand to choose a starting point.
02
Test the mental model.
Work through a fictional example and explain the idea in your own words.
03
Build a learning planConnect it to your work.
Identify the person, decision, or next question that belongs with the concept.
WHEN LEARNING BECOMES WORKKnow when you need
Know when you need
another kind of support.
Federal Bid Partners
Explore procurement advisory for the questions around an actual federal opportunity.
Explore FBPCMMC Pulsar
Explore software for organizing readiness activities, responsibilities, and supporting records.
Explore CMMC PulsarCommercial resources featured by this publication. Learning, advisory support, and software each have a different role. None alone establishes compliance or certification. Understand the distinction.
A USEFUL PLACE TO BEGINOne concept can make
One concept can make
the next conversation better.
Keep the glossary close, or take a short knowledge check to find the ideas worth revisiting.
Work through the details.
Practice & review5 min
Follow a fictional user departure from request to verified access removal
A practical learning lab connecting a departure notice, identity records, access changes and a limited verification conclusion.
Practice & review5 min
Reconcile two fictional asset inventories without guessing the scope
A paired learning exercise for finding duplicate identities, missing assets and unsupported scope labels in two conflicting inventories.