Security Assessment
Security Assessment is the family that keeps the whole program honest: your System Security Plan, your ongoing self assessment, and your Plan of Action and Milestones. It is where the other 13 families get documented and tracked.
The 4 Security Assessment requirements
14 assessment objectives across this family.
- 3.12.1Security Control AssessmentPeriodically assess the security controls in organizational systems to determine if the controls are effective in their application.5 pt✕ POA&M
- 3.12.2Operational Plan Of ActionDevelop and implement plans of action designed to correct deficiencies and reduce or eliminate vulnerabilities in organizational systems.3 pt✕ POA&M
- 3.12.3Security Control MonitoringMonitor security controls on an ongoing basis to ensure the continued effectiveness of the controls.5 pt✕ POA&M
- 3.12.4System Security PlanDevelop, document, and periodically update system security plans that describe system boundaries, system environments of operation, how security requirements are implemented, and the relationships with or connections to other systems.✕ POA&M
Build Security Assessment, and all 14 families, with an officer
The Level 2 workspace walks your team through all 110 requirements at the objective level, drafts your SSP section by section from your own record for your team to read and accept, gives a prime or your own internal auditor a read only seat on the same record, and a credentialed officer reviews every step.
Book a free advisory callNo credit card, and Level 1 and Level 2 are both open, so sign up for the level your contracts call for. Self assessed and self attested: you score yourself in SPRS on a three year cycle and your senior official affirms it every year. As of September 3, 2026 a class deviation directs contracting officers to remove third party assessment from contracts. The program rule still provides for it, so your solicitation sets the track. Your team builds the same evidence either way. DFARS 252.204-7012 is unaffected, and the NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 baseline is unchanged.
Questions, answered
How many CMMC Level 2 requirements are in Security Assessment?+
The Security Assessment family (CA) has 4 of the 110 CMMC Level 2 requirements, assessed against 14 objectives from NIST SP 800-171A.
What is the Security Assessment family about?+
Security Assessment is the family that keeps the whole program honest: your System Security Plan, your ongoing self assessment, and your Plan of Action and Milestones. It is where the other 13 families get documented and tracked.