The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is intended as a comprehensive framework for how cybersecurity solutions are implemented across more than 300,000 companies involved the U.S. defense industrial base supply chain. CMMC v1.01 was released on January 31, 2020, and is the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) stepped-up requirement for keeping DoD information accessed by or housed in contractors’ technology environments secure.