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CMMC Level 2 requires CSPs that process, store, or transmit CUI to meet FedRAMP Moderate (or equivalent) authorization, not FedRAMP High. FedRAMP High is not a CMMC requirement but may be required by contract or specific agencies.

Exact Extracts:

DoD CMMC Scoping Guide: “External Cloud Service Providers must meet FedRAMP Moderate equivalency when storing, processing, or transmitting CUI.”

CMMC Assessment Guide: “The baseline requirement for CUI in cloud environments is FedRAMP Moderate; higher levels may be contractually required.”

Why other options are not correct:

A: Equivalency is allowed, but only to FedRAMP Moderate level.

C/D: Incorrect, because CMMC Level 2 does not mandate FedRAMP High.

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.

Both the CSP’s cloud environment and the OSC’s on-premises network/workstations are in-scope because CUI is stored in the cloud but also accessed and transmitted by OSC assets. The cloud vendor’s internal employee network is not in-scope because only the customer-facing FedRAMP environment is within the assessment boundary.

Exact extracts:

“CUI Assets include any OSC asset that stores, processes, or transmits CUI.”

“External service providers are in-scope if their services process, store, or transmit CUI on behalf of the OSC.”

“The OSC’s endpoints and local infrastructure that access CUI are also in-scope.”

Why the other options are incorrect:

A: Cloud environment only is incomplete; OSC workstations also access and transmit CUI.

B: OSC network only ignores the fact that CUI is stored in the cloud.

D: The cloud vendor’s internal employee network is not in-scope.