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🧭 Section 0: Project Overview & Usage

🎯 Purpose

This guide provides a full-stack, open-source infrastructure and documentation model to help small and medium-sized DoD contractors meet CMMC Level 2 requirements. Every section includes actionable implementation steps and clearly maps to the NIST SP 800-171 control families.

💡 Who Is This For?

This guide is designed for:

  • IT Directors, CTOs, and CISOs in the Defense Industrial Base
  • Small teams managing internal or customer-facing secure infrastructure
  • MSPs and consultants preparing clients for CMMC 2.0 assessments
  • Technical leads seeking a compliant, open-source alternative to GCC High

🛠️ What’s Included?

This documentation delivers:

  • A hardened Ubuntu-based infrastructure using rootless Podman, systemd, and Zero Trust principles
  • Fully containerized services for file sharing, email, SSO, monitoring, and backup
  • Automated provisioning using Terraform, Ansible, and templated CI/CD workflows
  • Pre-mapped policy templates, SSP structure, and audit-ready documentation
  • Compatibility with Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android clients

🧰 What’s Required?

Area Requirements
OS Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (hardened)
Host Type Cloud VM, VPS, bare metal
Tools Installed Podman, Ansible, Terraform
Compliance Target CMMC Level 2, mapped to NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2

📦 Guide Format

This guide is structured across 21 technical and strategic sections with appendices and automation support, each representing a key stage of deployment, governance, or assessment readiness.

Each section includes:

  • Infrastructure-as-code implementation
  • CMMC control mappings
  • Operational guidance
  • Audit artifacts and documentation templates

📜 Licensing and Use

This project is provided under the MIT License. You are free to copy, adapt, modify, or integrate it into your own workflows. Attribution is appreciated but not required.

⚠️ Disclaimer: This guide is not a certification guarantee. It is a blueprint for implementation. You must tailor it to your unique environment and work with a qualified C3PAO for CMMC certification.

✅ Getting Started

You can begin immediately with Section 1: Introduction to CMMC v2, or browse the full guide index for an overview of all components.