MP.L2-3.8.5 Media Accountability
Restrict who may access media holding CUI, and keep that media accounted for whenever it moves beyond controlled areas.
Source: CMMC 2.0, MP.L2-3.8.5. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open CMMC 2.0 in the compliance library.
These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Transport logs recording media, custodian and destination · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Evidence of receipt confirmation at destination · Data governance / DLP tooling
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Transport procedure including custody and accountability steps · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Common gaps auditors find
- Media transported without a custody record
- Accountability ends when media leaves the site
- Courier arrangements unassessed
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
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