CMMC 2.0 Level 1 vs CIS Controls v8
What is the difference between CMMC 2.0 Level 1 and CIS Controls v8?
CMMC 2.0 Level 1 is a other framework applying in the United States, with 17 controls across 6 domains. CIS Controls v8 is a other framework applying in International, with 153 controls across 18 domains. Both govern the same subject, so their requirements overlap; the mapping below shows which controls carry across and which are asked for by only one of them.
Measured coverage between these frameworks
We map controls between these two frameworks in a knowledge graph and have a person review every mapping before it is published. Below is what that review found. The figures are read live from the graph, not written by hand.
CIS Controls v8 into CMMC 2.0
64.5%71 of 110 CMMC 2.0 controls carry evidence from CIS Controls v8, leaving 39 to satisfy separately.
253 candidate mappings were examined and 109 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-19.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →CMMC 2.0 into CIS Controls v8
40.5%62 of 153 CIS Controls v8 controls carry evidence from CMMC 2.0, leaving 91 to satisfy separately.
171 candidate mappings were examined and 47 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-19.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →Coverage is directional. Mapping A into B is a different measurement from B into A, because the two standards do not carry the same depth on the same subjects.
Questions people ask about CMMC 2.0 Level 1 and CIS Controls v8
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