Cyber AB CMMC-CCA Exam With Confidence Using Practice Dumps

CMMC scoping focuses on assets that process, store, transmit, or protect CUI. A smoke detector connected to the OSC network is an IoT device with no impact on CUI, so it is considered Out-of-Scope. The other items (data centers used by the OSC, MSP SIEM tools, and MSP offices handling OSC management) all directly affect the OSC’s CUI environment and therefore fall within scope.

Exact extracts:

“CUI Assets are those that process, store, or transmit CUI.”

“Security Protection Assets are those that provide security functions for CUI Assets.”

“External Service Providers (e.g., MSPs, data centers, SIEMs) that support CUI Assets are in-scope.”

“Assets that cannot affect the confidentiality of CUI (e.g., unrelated IoT devices) are considered Out-of-Scope.”

Expanded explanation:

Data centers (A): If OSC CUI is stored or processed there, they are in-scope.

SIEM tools (C): Provide security monitoring of OSC networks — a clear Security Protection Asset.

MSP office (D): MSPs providing services that affect CUI are in-scope, including their management locations.

Smoke detector (B): Despite being network-connected, it does not interact with CUI or provide protective functions; it is explicitly out-of-scope.

Why the other options are in scope:

They either process, protect, or manage CUI directly.

Excluding them would improperly narrow the assessment boundary.

According to CMMC Scoping Guidance, assets controlled by a parent organization are out-of-scope when they are physically and logically isolated from the OSC’s environment and do not process, store, or transmit CUI within the OSC’s boundary.

Extract from Scoping Guidance:

“Out-of-Scope assets are those that cannot process, store, or transmit CUI because they are physically or logically separated from CUI assets, or they are inherently unable to do so.”

Since the badge activation machine is completely isolated and managed by the parent organization, and it has no network connectivity to the OSC, it is out-of-scope.

In CMMC scoping, assets are categorized based on where CUI is processed, stored, or transmitted. According to the CMMC Scoping Guide for Level 2, if CUI is only stored and used in HQ and Site A, those locations contain CUI Assets. Since Site B neither stores, processes, nor transmits CUI, its assets are considered Out of Scope.

Exact extracts:

“CUI Assets are those that store, process, or transmit CUI.”

“Assets that do not process, store, or transmit CUI, and cannot provide access to CUI, are considered Out-of-Scope.”

“Only those assets in the scope of CMMC assessment will be evaluated against practices.”

Why the other options are incorrect:

B: Site B has VPN connectivity, but if it does not use or process CUI, its assets remain out of scope. Connectivity alone does not bring it into scope.

C/D: The terms “Certification in Risk Management Assurance” are not valid CMMC asset categories.

References (CCA documents / Study Guide):

CMMC Assessment Scope – Level 2 Scoping Guide (CUI Assets, Out-of-Scope Assets).

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