Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification
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The Pentagon issued an interim rule under the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations on Sept. 29 to add more clarity around the implementation timeline and around the requirements contractors will have to adhere to over the next five years under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program.
September 30, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, on-time mail delivery still hasn’t fully recovered from operational changes made nearly two months ago by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
September 17, 2020 -
Ty Schieber, the chairman of the CMMC-AB, and Mark Berman, the chairman of the communications committee, are leaving the CMMC Advisory Board unexpectedly.
September 16, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, senior executives and federal managers have some harsh criticism for the Office of Management and Budget's recent directive on race training.
September 11, 2020 -
President Trump's pick to lead the Office of Personnel Management is accused of 'lacking commitment to federal merit system," one of D.C.'s industry experts is leaving his high-profile post, and a congressional committee is launching an investigation into recent tragedies at Ft. Hood.
September 09, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, two million appointments canceled during the initial wave of the coronavirus pandemic still need rescheduling at the Veterans Health Administration.
September 03, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Special Counsel Henry Kerner said the Hatch Act does not apply to Trump and Pence, the Post Office lost $1 billion dollars last month and a missing Fort Hood soldier is found dead.
August 27, 2020 -
In the end, CMMC is really just a change of procedure that will result in efficiencies by preventing things upfront that will create better efficiencies downstream.
August 14, 2020 -
The first cohort of provisionally approved cybersecurity assessors starts training August 31st.
August 11, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, federal employees are learning a little more about the paid parental leave program.
August 11, 2020 -
The IT-AAC and the CMMC board signed a memorandum of understanding to create a center of excellence where the two non-profits will work together to promote the standards, train industry and work with NATO partners to adopt the requirements.
August 05, 2020 -
Federal contractors have known it's coming. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program imposes on them, basic protective measures if they're dealing with the government and its data.
July 21, 2020 -
Let’s examine what CMMC means for the hundreds of thousands of small-medium subcontractors at the entry levels of CMMC -- levels 1, 2, and 3.
July 20, 2020 -
Michael Speca, president and Josh O’Sullivan, chief technology officer at Ardalyst, joined host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to talk about CMMC, small business, and the strengths and weaknesses of CMMC on the Microsoft platform.
June 29, 2020 -
The private organization administering the Cybersecurity Certification Model Certification Program on DoD's behalf opened the application process for five types of participants in the CMMC "ecosystem."
June 24, 2020