Katie Arrington

Letter to the editor: Don’t showboat; fund cyber fixes at DoD

Katie Arrington, the former DoD chief information security officer for acquisition and sustainment, says dedicated funding is needed to address long-standing…

Commentary

FILE - In this March 9, 2021, file photo, Army health specialists fill syringes with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Miami. Despite the clamor to speed up the U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19, the first three months of the rollout suggest faster is not necessarily better. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

New IG report shows Air Force, Army had issues rolling out vaccine overseas

Federal Newscast

DoD’s Arrington resigns ‘in protest’, announces run for Congress

Defense News

cybersecurity maturity model certification

Pentagon shifts CMMC program to CIO, eliminates Arrington’s old role

Defense News

Top former DoD cyber official reaches settlement in bid to clear her name

Defense

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, file photo, Republican nominee for Congress Katie Arrington concedes the race to Democrat Joe Cunningham during her news conference at the Staybridge Suites in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Arrington, a former South Carolina state lawmaker and failed congressional candidate, has been placed on leave from her Pentagon job during a probe into allegations of an unauthorized release of classified information, her attorney confirmed to The Associated Press, Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)

DoD’s Arrington tells court her suspension is ‘baseless,’ wants her name cleared

Defense

Ellen Lord, Defense Acquisition and Sustainment undersecretary

Pentagon launches online marketplace to pair small firms with ‘trusted’ investors

Defense

Pentagon reveals first contracts to serve as pathfinders for CMMC

Defense

Pentagon ready to name first 15 ‘pathfinder’ contracts for CMMC

Defense

CMMC getting closer and closer

Cybersecurity

CMMC accreditation body close to releasing assessor training requirements

Reporter's Notebook

DoD sees CMMC as new way to monitor supply chain, spot shell companies

DoD says CMMC certifications will require an in-person visit by a third-party auditor, partly to make sure the company being certified really exists.

Defense

SOUTH PACIFIC (July 9, 2017) Operations Specialist 1st Class Charles Hammond, from Kansas City, Missouri, monitors tracks aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) during an air defense exercise comprised of Sterett, amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20), amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), Royal Australian Navy frigate helicopter HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155), Royal Australian Navy guided missile frigate HMAS Darwin (FFG 04), and Royal Australian Navy frigate helicopter HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156) as part of Talisman Saber 17. Sterett, part of a combined U.S.-Australia-New Zealand expeditionary strike group (ESG), is undergoing a series of scenarios that will increase proficiencies defending the ESG against blue-water threats so amphibious forces can launch Marine forces ashore in the littorals. Talisman Saber is a biennial U.S.-Australia bilateral exercise held off the coast of Australia meant to achieve interoperability and strengthen the U.S.-Australia alliance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Byron C. Linder/Released)170709-N-ZW825-895

First Look

Tech companies tell DoD its new cyber standards are missing the mark

The Defense Department signed its agreement with the CMMC Accreditation Board, kicking off the training for third-party assessors and the release of the…

Contracts/Awards

Industry on pins and needles as DoD, accreditation body to finalize CMMC agreement

Reporter's Notebook

Vendors are waiting for the Defense Department to release more details, including the proposed acquisition rule, about how it will apply the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification starting this year.