CMMC Compliance Software: What It Can and Can’t Do

By Shaheer Malik · Updated Oct 28, 2026

CMMC compliance software helps you document and track the work: the System Security Plan, the POA&M, evidence for each requirement and your score. It cannot make you compliant or give you a CMMC status; only an assessment of your own systems does that, and no software is “CMMC certified.”^[1]

What it usually does

• SSP and POA&M: templates for each of the 110 Level 2 requirements and a tracked POA&M. The SSP is mandatory, and it can never be on a POA&M.^[1]
• Evidence: store artifacts against assessment objectives and keep them for six years from the status date.^[1]
• Scoring: calculate your score the CMMC way, from 110 down.^[1]
• Reminders: annual affirmations and reassessments.^[1]

What it can’t do

• Enter results for you: self-assessments and affirmations are made in SPRS; C3PAO results go through eMASS.^[1]
• Make a cloud service acceptable for CUI: that depends on FedRAMP Moderate or equivalent.^[2]
• Replace the security work itself: patching, access control, logging, training.

If the software holds CUI or security data

A tool that stores your security protection data (configurations, logs, vulnerability data) is a Security Protection Asset in your scope; one that stores CUI must meet the cloud requirements for CUI.^[1] Ask the vendor which applies and how it is authorized.

Questions to ask a vendor

1. Will our CUI or security data be stored in your service? If so, what is your FedRAMP status?
2. Which requirements does the tool help with, and which does it actually perform?
3. Can we export the SSP, POA&M and evidence in a format an assessor accepts?
4. Who on your side can access our data?

Federal News Network reports that DoD’s CMMC reform task force recommended machine-readable evidence criteria (OSCAL) and possibly free tools, subject to funding.^[3] Nothing has been released yet.

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FAQ

What is the best CMMC compliance software?

The one that fits your scope: it should handle SSP, POA&M and evidence for all 110 Level 2 requirements, export cleanly for an assessor, and be authorized for CUI if it will store CUI.

Is there CMMC-certified software?

No. CMMC statuses apply to an organization’s information systems, not to products.

Can software automate a CMMC gap analysis?

It can structure and score one, but someone still has to check each requirement against how your systems actually work.

Sources

1. 32 CFR part 170, CMMC Program (eCFR, current text) (checked Oct 28, 2026)
2. DFARS 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting (checked Oct 28, 2026)
3. Federal News Network: RFI offers path forward for DoD with CMMC (Jason Miller, Oct 27, 2026) (checked Oct 28, 2026)

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