The Lead Assessor is planning to conduct an assessment for an OSC.

According to the CMMC Scoping Guidance, assets are categorized based on whether they can process, store, or transmit Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), or if they are physically/logically separated or inherently unable to interact with CUI systems. Assets that cannot process, store, or transmit CUI and are properly segregated are considered Out-of-Scope.

Extract from CMMC Scoping Guidance:

“Out-of-Scope assets are those that cannot process, store, or transmit CUI because they are physically or logically separated from CUI assets, or they are inherently unable to do so.”

Thus, the Lead Assessor determines out-of-scope assets by confirming that they are either segregated from CUI systems or technically incapable of handling CUI.