Cybersecurity

DoD Contractors – Subcontractors Mandated to be Cyber Security Certified by September 2020. Will Your Company be Ready?

2022-10-07T09:49:03-04:00

By Vicki Delaney By June, the department of defense plans to publish as many as 10 requests for information on contracts that include CMMC requirements, If your company is bidding on a DoD contract or renewing a contract chances are it will have to be certified to the Cyber Security Maturity Model (CMMC). CMMC is a vehicle the US Government is using to implement a tiered approach to audit contractor compliance with NIST SP 800-171, based on five different levels of maturity expectations. DoD contractors have been required to comply with NIST 800-171 since January 1, 2018. In the past two [...]

CMMC Requirements Affects 300,000+ DoD Contractors

Jim Goodrich2022-10-07T09:49:03-04:00

DoD Subcontractors are in for a scramble. CMMC implementation by September 2020 is going to make things complicated for the small enterprises with minimum IT bandwidth. Stay tuned for more information. This blog in Next Gov is just a tip of the iceberg. · #cmmc, #DoDsubcontractor, #cmmcsept2020, #cmmcwhatisit Coronavirus Will Not Delay Pentagon’s Contractor Cybersecurity Program, Official Says By Mariam Baksh for NextGov The Defense Department officially entered into an agreement with the nonprofit corporation that will serve as the accreditation body for its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, the chief information security officer for the department’s acquisition office confirmed. “Yesterday [...]