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Is CMMC Level 1 a certification?
Short Answer
No. CMMC Level 1 is an annual self-assessment, not a certification. You assess your own systems, record the result in SPRS, and affirm it each year. No certificate is issued and no third-party assessor is involved.
Why people expect a certificate
The name has the word certification in it, so it is natural to assume Level 1 is a credential you earn from an outside body. It is not. The certification in CMMC refers to the program, not to a certificate for Level 1 suppliers.
What actually happens
You perform a self-assessment against the fifteen Level 1 requirements, record each result, submit the result in SPRS, and have a senior official affirm it. This repeats every year. The word certified does not apply at Level 1.
How do I get CMMC Level 1 certified?
There is no certificate to get. What people mean by getting certified at Level 1 is completing the self-assessment, recording the result in SPRS, and having a senior official affirm it each year. That is the whole process. No assessor issues a certificate, and nothing expires the way a certificate would. The status simply needs a current annual affirmation.
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