Compliance with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program requires DoD contractors to undergo cybersecurity audit and certification, beginning in 2020/2021. Based on NIST 800-171 controls, the CMMC will be a single standard for all DoD contracts. Previous regulations for DoD contractors handling controlled unclassified information (CUI) allowed for self-certification of compliance with appropriate NIST 800-171 [...]

By Greg Kent In response to rising levels of data theft from contractors in the Department of Defense (DoD) supply chain, the Pentagon has announced the development of a program: the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). The DoD is working with John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI) [...]

Compliance with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program requires DoD contractors to undergo cybersecurity audit and certification, beginning mid 2020. CMMC will be a single standard for all DoD contracts that considers the security control and the institutionalization of cyber processes across a contractor's enterprise assets including development environments for mission systems. Previous regulations [...]