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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The DFARS interim rule titled 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 (DFARS clause 252.204-7012) and future
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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 contractors has enabled “barely there” cybersecurity unless you are one
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Background In 2019, the Department of Defense (DOD) officially announced the introduction of a Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). This unique maturity model is designed to improve the cybersecurity regarding Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) within supply chains, especially as it applies to the Defense Industrial
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The U.S. has to up-level its cybersecurity. That’s the gist of what we’ve been hearing from multiple sources, including congressional commissions and the Department of Defense (DOD). The alarm bells — and the calls for more stringent security practices —
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