Although the CMMC certification is new for everyone, the requirement is already in effect, and has been since September 2020.
DoD's review of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification is ongoing, but officials want to address small business concerns about compliance costs.
A new survey from the IPC, an industry association representing electronic manufacturers, found nearly a quarter of all respondents said the cost and burden of CMMC may force them out of the defense industrial base.
Stuart Itkin, vice president of CMMC and FedRAMP Assurance for Coalfire, joined host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to talk about the CMMC initiative from the DoD.
Chris Golden of Horizons Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, said the CMMC approach is good in theory, but lacks anywhere near the resources it needs to get it done.
Scott Jensen, executive director of the National Veterans Small Business Coalition joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a discussion about the NVSBC and the issues facing veteran-owned small businesses.
In today's Federal Newscast, companies manufacturing electronics may opt out of working with the Defense Department because of the cost of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program.
John Demers, the assistant attorney general for National Security in DoJ, said the review group will send its recommendations to the Commerce Department.
Edward Tuorinsky, the managing principal of DTS, and Derek Kernus, the Director of Cyber Security Operations at DTS, offers three things to consider as the Defense Department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements become more real.
The Cybersecurity Model Maturity Certification program has many moving parts, all aimed at making sure contractors can be trusted with controlled, unclassified information.
The Software Engineering Institute, operated by Carnegie Mellon University as a federally funded research and development center, has a new name at its CERT Division.
Even for the government, the Defense Department's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is a complicated apparatus.
Kevin Walsh, a director on the Government Accountability Office's IT and cybersecurity team, had the latest on GAO's High Risk List on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office is looking for service members who were victims of hazing while they served.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Special Counsel handed down a fine and two-year ban from federal service to a former official at Housing and Urban Development.