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CMMC Instructor Program

CMMC Instructor Program

As part of establishing the assessor cadre for the CMMC Ecosystem, the Cybersecurity Assessor and Instructor Certification Organization (CAICO) trains and tests a pool of instructors who are experienced in delivering training, either in-person or via virtual classroom settings. These instructors also complete provisional assessor training with the CAICO to have an overall comprehensive knowledge of the CMMC Framework. The CAICO Provisional Instructor (PI) program was established to provide training and validation for individual trainers who will be responsible for training assessors through the approved Licensed Training Provider (LTP) network and for providing subject matter expertise in the creation of Licensed Publishing Partner (LPP) curriculum development.

As a provisional program it will remain in place until the release of the CMMC-AB Certified Instructor (CCI) certification program, the timing of which is pending.

It is important that individuals seeking assessor training know that only training delivered by Provisional Instructors through an approved Licensed Training Provider (LTPs) is valid for preparing for the CAICO certification programs. The Department of Defense and the CAICO will be using the administrative tracking protocols employed between the CAICO and LTPs to validate the assessors who are trained and certified to conduct CMMC Assessments.
 

Prerequisites

The following steps should be completed in order to ensure you meet the requirements for enrollment into the CMMC instructor program.

Step1: Meet Provisional Instructor Minimum Qualifications

Provisional Instructors must meet the prerequisite experience requirements listed below. As well, CMMC Provisional Instructor Candidates will go through a self-paced, online instructor training, that requires prior instructor experience for comprehension of the leanring objectives. If you have the prerequisite experience listed below, begin the application process in step 2, if not please go to the Assessors page to begin your journey as an assessor:

  • CMMC Provisional Assessor (PA); or
  • CMMC Certified Professional (CCP) (upon passing the CCP certification exam); or
  • CMMC Certified Assessor (CCA); and
  • 2+ years of instructor/teaching experience within the information technology/security field, preferably within the cybersecurity field

Step 2: Complete Provisional Instructor Application Process:

  1. Complete Certified CMMC Professional Application Process:
    CCP Enroll Here
  2. Complete: Provisional Instructor Application
  3. Submit to application to: Application@cyberab.org
  4. Once your application has been processed and accepted; you will be notified within 10 business days via email to register and complete payment for one of the Provisional Instructor Training events listed below (payment due at the time of registration)  
    1. $2500 for Provisional Instructor Training & Exam

Step 3: Transition from Provisional Instructor (PI) to Certified CMMC Instructor (CCI)

  • Take CMMC-AB Provisional Instructor (PI) Class
  • Pass CMMC-AB Provisional Instructor (PI) Exam
  • Pass Certified CMMC-AB Instructor (CCI) Exam within six months of its official launch

 

The CAICO no longer conducts scheduled "Live" PI Classes, as an effort to better fit the needs of the CMMC Ecosystem. The Provisional Instructor (PI) Course is now fully online and self-paced, with a CAICO Instructor availalbe upon request.

About the Provisional Instructor (PI) Course:

The Provisional Instructor (PI) training consists of both an asynchronous (self-paced) online component and a synchronous (live) online component. The asynchronous (self-paced) training is comprised of five modules that prepare the CMMC instructor in techniques, timing, virtual platform technologies, and Licensed Partner Publisher content for CMMC instruction. During the three-day synchronous (live) online component students will be given the opportunity to put their expertise in front of their fellow PI candidates during the student presentation module.

Students will also be enrolled in the Provisional Assessor (PA) training which consists of asynchronous (self-paced) online content. Students MUST complete the self-paced content prior to being enrolled in the PA exam.

Provisional Instructor (PI) Course will be sunset upon the release of the CCI program, which is expected in late 2022 to early 2023
 

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Citizenship Requirements

No citizenship requirements, review Assessor certification citizenship requirements
 

CMMC-AB Refund Policy for Instructor Training

  • Application fees are non-refundable or transferable.
  • Refunds for any fee, except Application fees, requested within 30 days shall be fully refundable upon review and approval by the CAICO. 
  • Exam fees paid shall only be transferable to another named person from the same organization only if related services have not commenced.
  • Provisional Instructor (PI) course refunds are as follows:
    • After student begins Provisional Assessor (PA) course, prior to PI course = $2500 (refund of PI course, minus $1,000 PA course)
    • After competition of PI course = $0 (no refund)
  •  All other fees outside of these conditions shall not be refundable.
 

 

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