CMMC Facts, Fiction & What You Need to Know
The Patuxent Partnership will host a virtual program September 30, 2021, “CMMC: Facts, Fiction & What You Need to Know Now,” with Rick Hill Sr., senior vice president of HumanTouch.
Contractors Uneasy With DoD Cybersecurity Program
After months of silence, defense industry associations called upon the DoD to provide more transparency on the status of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, this week’s the Pentagon said defense contractors are to continue implementation of the program, although pending results from its internal review could bring significant changes.
Academy Anniversary Uniforms Introduced
Continuing the 2020 celebration of the 175th anniversary of the United States Naval Academy, Navy football will wear specialty uniforms for its annual showdown against archrival Army Dec. 12, 2020 at West Point, NY.
Pentagon Fails 3rd Audit, But Improving
The third audit added another clean organization to its list. Based upon that rate, the acting DoD comptroller said a truly passed audit for the entire DoD may not come until around 2027.
Be Cyber-Compliant Or Be Gone
DoD will begin requiring all companies seeking any type of military contract be cyber-compliant beginning with the Requests for Proposals issued in September 2020. DoD’s chief information security office is setting up routes to assist contractors achieve compliance as well as helping an industry-designed nonprofit establish itself as the certification agency issuing compliance certifications.
DoD F-35 Report: Hundreds of Deficiencies, 13 ‘Must-Fix’ Problems
A DoD annual report says the F-35 has hundreds of unresolved deficiencies and new problems are being discovered regularly. There’s a long list of issues that should be resolved, including 13 described as Category 1 “must-fix” items.
TPP Hosts Cybersecurity Maturity Model Update
Version 0.4 of the draft Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification has been released for industry review and comment, and The Patuxent Partnership is hosting an update January 22.
