CMMC has become very good at asking organizations to prove that their declared CUI environment is properly secured. It is far less effective at proving the assumption on which the entire assessment depends: Is the organization's CUI actually where they say (or think) it is? The Fundamental Problem CMMC begins with a declared assessment scope and CUI boundary. 800-171 is pretty clear, scope is wherever you process, store and transmit CUI Assessors then evaluate whether appropr