Lockheed Martin and other prime contractors are contacting their suppliers and requesting a security status update; in many cases requesting a demonstration of compliance before the DoD November 30th deadline. …
Read More →On September 29, 2020, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued an interim rule (Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements (DFARS Case 2019-D041)) implementing two separate requirements for defense contractors related…
Read More →It’s been quite a week. The DoD released an interim rule to “amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a DoD Assessment Methodology and Cybersecurity Maturity Model…
Read More →Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements (DFARS Case 2019-D041) is here. Often referred to as CMMC this long-awaited and hotly debated Interim Rule harmonizes legacy…
Read More →The Department of Defense (DoD) has instituted an emergency action, possibly to confirm what is widely already known on cybersecurity compliance among the defense industrial base (DIB). Self-certification for defense…
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