CMMC Level 1 — 17 practices (FAR 52.204-21)
CMMC Level 1 protects Federal Contract Information (FCI) via the 17 basic safeguarding practices of FAR 52.204-21, self-attested annually in SPRS at no cost. Below is an honest self-assessment of the killinchu demo posture — no C3PAO assessment, no "17/17 MET" overclaim.
The 17 practices — honest tally (6 domains: AC · IA · MP · PE · SC · SI)
| Domain | Practice | Requirement | State | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC | AC.L1-3.1.1 | Limit system access to authorized users | PARTIAL | Keycloak/OIDC in UDS Core; demo Space is single-operator. |
| AC | AC.L1-3.1.2 | Limit access to permitted transactions/functions | PARTIAL | 2-person Yuyay gate + Pepr admission; full RBAC on cluster deploy. |
| AC | AC.L1-3.1.20 | Verify/control connections to external systems | PARTIAL | Air-gap default; egress audited (harden-runner egress-policy). |
| AC | AC.L1-3.1.22 | Control info posted on publicly accessible systems | COMPLIANT | Public surfaces carry only non-CUI demo data; honest labels. |
| IA | IA.L1-3.5.1 | Identify users/processes/devices | PARTIAL | OIDC identities on cluster; demo Space anonymous read. |
| IA | IA.L1-3.5.2 | Authenticate identities before access | PARTIAL | Keycloak auth on UDS Core deploy; demo read is public by design. |
| MP | MP.L1-3.8.3 | Sanitize/destroy media before disposal | N/A | No physical CUI media in HF demo; founder action on contract. |
| PE | PE.L1-3.10.1 | Limit physical access to systems | N/A | Cloud-hosted demo; air-gap tower is founder-controlled premises. |
| PE | PE.L1-3.10.3 | Escort/monitor visitors | N/A | Facility control = founder action; not in scope for demo. |
| PE | PE.L1-3.10.4 | Maintain physical-access audit logs | N/A | Facility control = founder action. |
| PE | PE.L1-3.10.5 | Control/manage physical access devices | N/A | Facility control = founder action. |
| SC | SC.L1-3.13.1 | Monitor/control comms at boundaries | PARTIAL | Istio mTLS + NetworkPolicy in bundle; default-deny manifests. |
| SC | SC.L1-3.13.5 | Public-access subnets physically/logically separated | PARTIAL | Namespace isolation + AuthorizationPolicy; full segmentation on deploy. |
| SI | SI.L1-3.14.1 | Identify/report/correct flaws timely | COMPLIANT | Trivy + Dependabot + gitleaks CI; SBOM diff pipeline. |
| SI | SI.L1-3.14.2 | Provide malicious-code protection | COMPLIANT | Signed images only; cosign verify-blob gate; NeuVector in UDS Core. |
| SI | SI.L1-3.14.4 | Update malicious-code protection mechanisms | COMPLIANT | Automated CI scanners pinned + Dependabot updates. |
| SI | SI.L1-3.14.5 | Perform periodic + real-time scans | COMPLIANT | Trivy on every push; NeuVector runtime scan on cluster. |
CMMC Level 1 is a self-attestation — an authorized company official affirms compliance in SPRS. It is not a third-party (C3PAO) certification; that is Level 2+. CUI-driven Level 2/3 controls are deferred until a contract imposes CUI.
Deeper delta (live, public)
The Space serves a live CMMC Level 2 / NIST SP 800-171 (110-control) delta as a real
data endpoint — useful for the moment a contract escalates scope:
/api/killinchu/uds/v1/cmmc/delta (HTTP 200). It reports honest
SATISFIED / PARTIAL / ROADMAP / N/A tallies per control family — explicitly "not a C3PAO assessment".
Verifiable evidence
- FAR 52.204-21 (the 17 basic safeguards): acquisition.gov/far/52.204-21
- CMMC program overview: dodcio.defense.gov/CMMC · acq.osd.mil/cmmc
- Live L2/800-171 delta endpoint: /api/killinchu/uds/v1/cmmc/delta
- Supply-chain controls cited here: SBOM (SI.L1-3.14.*) · Sigstore signing (SI/malicious-code)