Over 14+ years working with the Department of Defense (DOD) contractor cybersecurity compliance requirements have evolved from voluntary to self-certification to now mandatory minimums validated by independent third parties via the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC); the question of cost […]
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As 2020 ends, and if you missed them, we have rounded up five of our most popular blog posts. This past year was filled with discussion and updates regarding CMMC and NIST 800-171, so not surprisingly, these top posts cover
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In short, yes; however, with caveats. In 2019, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced the development of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). The CMMC is a maturity model based foundationally on the NIST 800-171 framework with some key evolutionary
Are NIST 800-171 or CMMC Cybersecurity Costs Considered Reimbursable by the DOD? Read More »
The Department of Defense (DOD) suppliers were notified at the end of September about the new DFARS Interim Rule designed to collect NIST 800-171 assessment scores from all DOD contractors through submittal to the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS). As
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At CMMC Con 2020, we heard about the threat from China, next steps for CMMC, and how no one in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) has all the answers. After an immersion in why the CMMC is essential and what
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CyberSheath is pleased to introduce our distinguished CMMC Con 2020 guest and powerful industry and national resource Richard Wakeman. Richard Wakeman is the Senior Director of Aerospace & Defense for Azure Global Engineering and is the commercial industry lead for
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The CyberSheath team has been a part of what today is known as the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) since it was an entirely voluntary initiative in 2008, consisting of eight and then sixteen of the largest prime contractors in
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CyberSheath is pleased to introduce CMMC Con 2020 attendees to one of our keynote speakers and CMMC discussion panelists, retired Brigadier General Dr. Robert Spalding. As emphasized by his experience, Dr. Spalding is an expert on national security and highly-qualified
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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 to cybersecurity that change acquisition. The two requirements give contractors
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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 Certification framework in order to assess contractor implementation of cybersecurity
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