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DOD’s CMMC 2.0 Program Takes Step Forward with Release of Contract Rule Proposal

Woods Rogers on 8/21/2024

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) took another big step on the path to instituting its highly anticipated Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 program (CMMC 2.0). Once finalized, CMMC 2.0 will establish...more

The CMMC Rule To Update the DFARS is Here!

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/16/2024

The proposed rule to implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) program in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) was published in the Federal Register on August 15, 2024 and...more

CMMC Level 3: Strict Scoping and Expansive Requirements

McDermott Will & Emery on 4/26/2024

In this series of articles, we explore the different certification requirements of CMMC Levels 1, 2 and 3; the impact on contractors and external service providers; and proposed next steps... On December 26, 2023, the US...more

CMMC 2.0: Defense Contractors Get Ready

Goodwin on 1/24/2024

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has issued a proposed rule to implement its long-awaited Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program (CMMC 2.0). This proposed rule — released on December 26, 2023, and published in...more

New Year, New Rules: The CMMC Proposed Rule is Here

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/3/2024

Well, the wait is over. Just as 2023 came to a close, on December 26, 2023, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) published the much-anticipated Proposed Rule for the DoD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”)...more

The New CMMC Rule: FAQs for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors

Venable LLP on 1/2/2024

The Department of Defense (DoD) delivered its proposed Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program rule (CMMC) the day after Christmas this year, including several related guidance documents (listed here). The proposed...more

DoD’s Long Awaited Rule on CMMC – Plus a New Cybersecurity Assessment Methodology for Contractors to Start Right Now

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/30/2020

At long last, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) has provided its interim rule, published in the Federal Register on September 29, 2020, amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) to set forth...more

DoD’s Squeeze of Chinese Telecom Equipment Continues

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/31/2020

At the end of 2019, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) took another step to limit the potential cyber risks posed by telecommunications equipment manufactured by Chinese companies (and potentially Russian ones too). We...more

DoD Rolls Out Draft Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Framework To Validate Contractor Cybersecurity Compliance

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters on 9/12/2019

Earlier this year, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Logistics Kevin Fahey announced that the Department of Defense (“DoD”) was working with Carnegie Mellon University and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics...more

Updates to the Department of Defense’s New Cyber Security Regulation

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner on 1/7/2016

At the end of 2015, the US Department of Defense (DoD) issued a second interim rule, effective immediately, modifying cyber security control requirements it issued earlier in 2015. In particular, this second interim rule (1)...more

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