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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…

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