The move is good for federal data security and providers such as CDW Government, which is ready to comply with the framework.

The Department of Defense (DoD) has issued its long-awaited final rule implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program into the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation ...

On October 15, 2024, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) released its final rule (the “Final Rule”) formally establishing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) program, nearly three ...

GSA's new guide is raising concerns about an increasing patchwork of contractor cybersecurity rules across government.

On March 6, 2020, the Department of Defense Instruction 5200.48, Controlled Unclassified Information, was published. This instruction served as initial DoD guidance for the implementation of the CUI ...

Defense Department IT systems were not fully compliant in any of four major cybersecurity requirement areas for controlled unclassified information systems as of January 2022, according to an audit ...

The Pentagon established new requirements under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 program to hold contractors to better protecting sensitive defense data. But the Department of ...

A collection of government contractor trade groups say the lack of information about the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification from the Department of Defense could soon have serious financial ...

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) announced that defense contractors will have to meet a basic level of cybersecurity standards when replying to a government acquisition program's request ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. On October 15, 2024, The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD ...

CUI was defined in Executive Order 13556 [PDF] as information held by or generated for the Federal Government that requires safeguarding or dissemination controls pursuant to and consistent with ...

January 09, 2026 - An audit , opens new tabby the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) has identified critical weaknesses in the Pentagon's process for authorizing ...