The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body named Matt Travis, the former deputy director at CISA, as its new CEO as part of the program’s continued growth.
Federal News Network collaborated with Scott Edwards, CEO of Summit 7, to create an FAQ to help guide higher education institutions in their CMMC compliance journey.
FedHIVE CEO Michael Cardaci joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss how his company can help agencies make a smooth transition to a new set of requirements from the DoD called the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.
While zero trust helps agencies secure their networks against outside adversaries, insider risk can still be a major problem, and many data loss prevention strategies leave gaps and do not effectively address insider risk.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Army issued a new strategy for straightening up the nation's flagpole in the Arctic.
This week on Federal Tech Talk, Collab9 Vice President Steven Boberski joined host John Gilroy for a wide ranging discussion on FedRAMP, Cloud Computing Security Guidelines, and CMMC.
Chris Golden, a former member of CMMC accreditation body and the director of information security for Blue Cross, Blue Shield, said getting the first set of companies through the certification process will be a sign of progress.
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the emergence of the GSA small business IDIQ/GWAC Polaris and the importance of complying with CMMC.
The Defense Department continues to test out the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) process with pathfinders and plans to pilot the approach with 10 contracts in 2021.
Tim Cook of the Center for Procurement Advocacy, and Tom Sisti of the Coalition for Government Procurement, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the top procurement policy issues in 2021.
New cybersecurity requirements under the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations and Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification may be important steps to shoring up the Defense Department’s cyber defenses, but some small businesses claim they’re increasingly placing big business compliance requirements on small businesses.
Federal agencies - and there are several of them at least - affected by the SolarWinds cybersecurity fiasco are under a new deadline.
The General Services Administration is keeping contractors on their toes with the release of three acquisition initiatives — Polaris, the new small business governmentwide contract, and two requests for information around emerging technology and professional services.
The recent emergence of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification initiative essentially ups the ante for its Defense Industrial Base.
Discussing federal compliance with mandated standards isn’t a thrilling prospect for most businesses. But since the Defense Department relies on over 300,000 companies and subcontractors to maintain operations, it’s of massive import.