Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification
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The Pentagon is encouraging defense contractors to up their cybersecurity game, but new requirements could take until 2023 to show up in contracts.
November 10, 2021 -
The Pentagon is revising its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program by massively reducing the amount of companies that would require third-party assessments and providing new waiver processes for select requirements.
November 04, 2021 -
The agency says it doesn't want to reinvent the wheel in developing an approach to securing the broad information and communications technology ecosystem.
October 14, 2021 -
Katie Arrington had been DoD’s chief information security officer for acquisition and sustainment to the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment since 2020 and led the development of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program.
October 13, 2021 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss GWACs, CMMC, CIO-SP4 and the state of the current government contracting market.
September 24, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Service Impasses Panel is back to work with all new members.
September 17, 2021 -
Three industry associations wrote to DoD and one wrote to GSA expressing concerns about governmentwide initiatives that will impact contractors. Also, details about the memorial service for Rob Coen.
September 14, 2021 -
DoD is eying changes to the sweeping cybersecurity auditing program that could affect potentially hundreds of thousands of federal contractors.
September 14, 2021 -
Eric Crusius, a partner with Holland & Knight, and Ed Bassett, the CISO at NeoSystems, explain why the Defense Department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) effort already is having an impact on contractors.
August 27, 2021 -
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program has barely gotten off the ground, but the congressionally chartered IT Acquisition Advisory Council has partnered with the CMMC accreditation body to establish a Center of Excellence.
August 19, 2021 -
The government has several initiatives underway to improve cybersecurity in the supply chain. Now an alliance of international companies has launched an initiative of its own, partly to help members deal with federal mandates and get better on cybersecurity.
August 09, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the federal employee vaccination mandate expected from the White House may not go down easy.
July 28, 2021 -
Deep in the Defense Department, a group is partnering with industry to create a window into the cyber vulnerabilities of the defense industrial base.
July 26, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department Inspector General is undergoing an evaluation to find out how the Pentagon would respond if the "nuclear football" was stolen, lost or compromised.
July 22, 2021 -
Managing cyber risk is a cost of doing business in today’s digital world. Embracing cybersecurity as part of the business’s overall risk management strategy will better position you to remain a viable member of the DoD’s ecosystem.
July 15, 2021