This podcast by Omnistruct features Amira Armond, John Riley, and George Usi. Recorded in May-June 2023. They discuss the basics of CMMC, the “hardest” requirement (FIPS of course), the aspects that contractors have the most difficulty with, and the status Read More
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CMMC Breaking News – July 25, 2023
Today we had two big events in #CMMC and US Federal Contractor Cybersecurity. The Rule for CMMC moved to the Office of Management and Budget. That means a timer has started, 90 days or less, for the review to complete. Expect the Read More
CMMC News – July 2, 2021
CMMC News rollup for July 2, 2021. Town hall recap. Industry Advisory Council review. C3PAO Stakeholder Forum, and other…
CMMC News – April 24, 2021
CMMC news about inheriting cybersecurity from cloud providers, C3PAOs moved to “candidate” status, the next Town Hall meeting, the DFARS Final Rule coming out in May…
CMMC News – March 22, 2021
Hello all, here is the news from the last few weeks. Not a whole lot going on in public or officially, but it feels like we are getting close to some major milestones. CMMC Town Hall from February https://cmmcab.org/videos/cmmc-town-hall-february-2021/ According Read More
CMMC News – February 16, 2021
CMMC news for February 2021. The CMMC-AB Statement of Work is released. Status of reciprocity for FedRAMP and ISO 27001, CAICO upda…
CMMC News – January 23, 2021
The latest news about CMMC (January 2021). CISA offers free cybersecurity resources. Interviews about CMMC assessments and Q&A. Status of…
CMMC News – January 5, 2021
CMMC news for January 5, 2021. C3PAOs need FedRAMP High clouds. Assessment Guides > Appendixes. Congress mandates CMMC assessments against…
CMMC News Rollup November 19 2020
Hello all, Lots of different topics in this news article. I hope they help you! – Amira Armond Registered Practitioners and RPOs are official! The CMMC-AB started releasing badges to Registered Practitioners on November 17th. If you are a Registered Read More
CMMC News Roundup September 28 2020
Hello all, Big news this last two weeks. In particular, the DFARS rule for CMMC abruptly changed course. It looked like it was delayed for months, but then (I think?) it got approved on an interim basis, to go into Read More
CMMC News Rollup – August 26, 2020
DFARS rule update for CMMC The acquisitions office has proposed an amendment to DFARS 252.204-7012, which is the contract rule that currently requires a high level of cybersecurity for the majority of Defense Contractors. The amendment is expected to replace Read More
CMMC Provisional Auditor program opt-ins
On August 9th 2020, the CMMC Accreditation Body sent this email to me (and presumably others who registered for CMMC certified assessor). To opt-in, you must attest that you meet experience requirements 10+ years experience conducting evidence-based assessments in cyber Read More
CMMC Rollout Status – Taking stock (July 31, 2020)
Editor’s note: This article gives a timely update on the laws and processes governing CMMC enforcement. To this point, there has not been official requirement for CMMC in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) or Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). Read More
CMMC news round-up July 30, 2020
Here are the CMMC news topics this week: Registrations open for CMMC auditors, C3PAOs, and “registered” practitioners / organizations Registration has been open for a month and a week. Links and information about registration can be found at this CMMCaudit Read More
CMMC news: CMMC AB opens registration for C3PAOs and Assessors
Hello all, The CMMC Accreditation Body has opened new pages on their website to give information about registering as a C3PAO (Certified Third Party Assessor Organization) and as an Assessor. They also have information about becoming a ‘registered practitioner’ or Read More
CMMC News – Auditor Training Update – May 22, 2020
These are my notes from the CMMC Accreditation Body webinar regarding Assessor / Auditor Training. Disclaimer: I’m not a member of the CMMC AB, I am just providing these notes as a service to the community. Please watch the webinar Read More
CMMC News – May 21 2020
The CMMC Accreditation Body (CMMC AB) has started to publish their progress via webinars on the cmmcab.org website. Here are my notes from the webinar I watched on 5/21/2020, published at https://www.cmmcab.org and archived on YouTube here. Ty Schieber is Read More