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Cyber

Assessments To Certify CMMC Third Party Auditors Likely To Resume In Late January

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

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Assessments To Certify CMMC Third Party Auditors Likely To Resume In Late January

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As the Pentagon moves ahead on its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) effort, officials leading the program’s accreditation body said the assessment process to certify third-party auditors is likely to begin again by late January. During a town hall discussion on Monday, accreditation body officials detailed the latest on CMMC 2.0 as the Pentagon aims to begin voluntary cyber security assessments while the federal rulemaking process moves forward. “The expectation is that everything will be worked out early to mid-January…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]