u/Sati_Z7

I recently joined a new company, and within my first two working days I was assigned the responsibility of helping our organization achieve CMMC Level 2 compliance. I'm currently the only IT person handling this project.

My previous experience is as a Network and Security Engineer, but I'm completely new to CMMC compliance, governance, and audit preparation. To be honest, I'm feeling overwhelmed and I'm not sure where to begin.

I'm looking for guidance from anyone who has successfully implemented or achieved CMMC Level 2 certification.

I have a few questions:

1. What are the best articles, books, or learning resources to understand CMMC Level 2 from the basics?
2. Where should I start? What would be the first 30, 60, and 90 days of a CMMC implementation project?
3. Are there any free training courses, YouTube channels, or learning platforms you would recommend?
4. Is there any free documentation, templates, checklists, or implementation guides available online?
5. Are there any free or open-source tools that can help with asset inventory, vulnerability management, documentation, evidence collection, or compliance tracking?
6. If you've already completed a CMMC Level 2 implementation, what lessons did you learn? What mistakes should I avoid?
7. If you were starting from scratch as the only IT person, what roadmap would you follow?

Any practical advice, documentation, GitHub repositories, templates, or real-world implementation experiences would be greatly appreciated.