The Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program will be a new contractual requirement for all DoD contractors. It will impact the 300,000 firms that make up the defense industrial base. It will not be a self-attestation model, but rather a third-party certification and compliance model. In 2020, the DoD plans to finalize… Read more »
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Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Version 0.7 Arrives!
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Draft Version 0.7 is live and available here. Version 0.7 includes Level 4-5 practices and modifies some maturity processes and Level 1-3 practices. This draft is another step closer to the final version — CMMC 1.0. The CMMC will be a new contractual requirement for all DoD contractors. … Read more »
Navy Gets Tough on DFARS Cybersecurity Compliance with Updated Acquisition Regulations
Last year we told you about a 2018 Navy memo, known as the Geurts Memo, which required defense contractors to implement certain controls for NIST SP 800-171, some of them going beyond 171 requirements. If you didn’t see our write-up, it can be found here: “Still Lagging on DFARS? The Navy Has A Memo For… Read more »
Higher Education Related Analysis
- The Higher Ed Model for Cybersecurity Compliance
Cyber Tips For Students Heading Off To College- Cybersecurity Acronyms for Higher Education
- 550+ Universities Have Been Targeted for Cyber Attacks: How Higher Education Institutes Can Better Handle Them
- Protecting Students From Cyber Crimes, Heather Engel on WVEC