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CMMC Certified Professional Training
Certified CMMC Professional
Build the foundational CMMC knowledge used by professionals supporting organizations across the CMMC ecosystem.
Five days of live, instructor-led training covering CMMC scoping, NIST SP 800-171, the CMMC Assessment Process, and the practices professionals need to understand and apply.
2026 Live CCP Training
Pick the week that works for you. Every live CCP class runs Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern.
Upcoming Live Classes
Live CCP Training
The course builds foundational knowledge for CMMC implementation, assessment readiness, and professional certification roles.
Special CCP Offering
Looking for CCP at Sea? Review the separate CMMC at Sea program for dates, pricing, format, and enrollment information.Who CCP Training Is For
CMMC Certified Professional training is designed for people who need a practical understanding of CMMC requirements, scoping, assessment readiness, source documents, and the roles involved across the CMMC ecosystem.
Consulting and Service Providers
A strong fit for
MSPs, MSSPs, cybersecurity consultants, Registered Practitioners, Registered Provider Organizations, and compliance service providers.
Build the working knowledge needed to explain CMMC requirements, support readiness activities, discuss scoping, and help clients understand how NIST SP 800-171 connects to the CMMC assessment process.
Internal Organization Teams
A strong fit for
IT, cybersecurity, GRC, contracts, legal, compliance, program management, and leadership teams supporting CMMC preparation.
Understand CUI and FCI, documentation and evidence, CMMC scoping, and how to work effectively with consultants, service providers, assessors, and C3PAOs.
CMMC Assessment Path
A strong fit for
Professionals preparing for CMMC Certified Assessor training, future assessment roles, or work supporting a C3PAO assessment team.
Establish the foundational CMMC knowledge needed before advancing into assessor training and connect experience with other cybersecurity frameworks to the CMMC ecosystem.
The CCP Certification Path
CCP training is a required part of the certification process, but completing a course does not by itself make someone certified. Different organizations are responsible for different parts of the process.
Edwards provides authorized CCP training. ISACA manages exam registration and certification requirements. PSI delivers the official examination.
Edwards
Authorized Training ProviderLearn the CMMC ecosystem, scoping, the assessment process, NIST SP 800-171 requirements, and all 110 Level 2 practices through the approved CCP curriculum.
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Registration and CertificationReview current eligibility, pricing, application requirements, exam policies, and certification information directly through ISACA.
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Official Exam DeliveryAfter registration is complete, follow the instructions provided for scheduling and taking the official CCP examination through PSI.
Visit PSIAfter Passing the Exam
Edwards CCP Course Curriculum
The five day Edwards CCP course prepares students for the official exam while building a practical understanding of CMMC requirements, scoping, assessment activities, and the protection of FCI and CUI.
Core Learning Areas
CMMC Foundations
FCI and CUI Protection
Scoping and Assessment
NIST SP 800-171
How the Course Works
Instructor explanation, discussion, examples, and class activities covering the CCP knowledge areas.
Includes Level 2 scoping material and coverage of all 110 practices.
Course slides, notes, activities, and Level 1 and Level 2 training materials.
Knowledge checks, practice questions, resource links, and tools for continued exam preparation.
CCP Exam Breakdown
The CCP exam is not just memorization. It focuses heavily on how CMMC works in practice, including implementation evaluation, assessment activities, scoping, source documents, and the responsibilities of organizations and professionals across the CMMC ecosystem.
Implementation evaluation and the CMMC Assessment Process deserve the greatest share of your attention.
Where to focus
Start with the two largest domains, then build outward into governance, source documents, scoping, ecosystem roles, and professional conduct.
Highest Weighted Domain
Understand how CMMC is structured and how implementation is evaluated, including levels, domains, practices, assessment objectives, and what it means for a requirement to be implemented.
Core Assessment Process
Know how a CMMC assessment works from preparation through evidence review, interviews, documentation, findings, and the workflow assessors follow during a CMMC review.
Understand where CMMC requirements come from and how official source documents support preparation, interpretation, and assessment expectations.
Understand what is in scope, what is out of scope, and how systems, assets, users, data flows, FCI, CUI, and supporting technologies affect the assessment boundary.
Know the responsibilities of organizations seeking certification, C3PAOs, assessors, instructors, RPOs, The Cyber AB, and ISACA.
Understand conflicts of interest, ethics, professional expectations, and the conduct required of people working in CMMC related roles.
CCP Course Outcomes
CCP training connects the major concepts students need to understand CMMC requirements, assessments, scoping, information protection, and professional responsibilities.
Understand how assessments use evidence, interviews, documentation, findings, and C3PAOs to evaluate CMMC implementation.
Understand how systems, assets, people, data, service providers, FCI, and CUI shape the assessment boundary.
Understand how Federal Contract Information and Controlled Unclassified Information must be handled and safeguarded.
Connect NIST SP 800-171 requirements, assessment objectives, and all 110 Level 2 practices to CMMC.
Understand how organizations, RPOs, C3PAOs, assessors, The Cyber AB, ISACA, and other participants fit together.
Recognize conflicts of interest, ethical responsibilities, and professional expectations across the CMMC ecosystem.
Student Experience
Real feedback from professionals who completed Edwards CCP and CCA certification training and applied what they learned across the CMMC ecosystem.
CCP Training Overview
Student Feedback
Kevin Base
Overall, the sharing of thoughts and ideas on how to apply and properly interpret the CMMC Practices and Objectives was the most valuable.
John Britton
Outstandingly informative course. By far the most notes I’ve ever taken based on the sheer amount of information provided.
Sonya Wickel
This was a good course and starting point. I also liked the connection to the original 110 practices and the differences among policy, procedure, and management.
John Hocking
The first part that made this so amazing was the different experiences and insight that each of the three instructors provided. I haven’t been in a class quite like this.
Matt Katzer
The process was done really well. I have a much better perspective on what I need to put together and how the policies, processes, and plans should look.
Richard Kyaw
The perspectives of the different instructors were valuable, especially those who had already been through the DIBCAC process.
Preetesh Patel
Over the five days I learned a tremendous amount about CMMC. The course was organized in a way that made the material manageable to understand and apply.
CMMC Training and Education
Edwards provides Cyber AB approved training for professionals preparing for the CMMC Certified Professional (CCP) and CMMC Certified Assessor (CCA) certification paths.
Compare live virtual training, guided online learning, and other available course formats. Our training team can help you understand prerequisites, upcoming classes, enrollment, and which option fits your goals.
