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Get Ahead Of Compliance: The Proposed Rule For The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC 2.0) Is Out!

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC on 1/8/2024

As a lawyer working in a firm with a sophisticated legal team providing robust regulatory, government contract, and cybersecurity services, our Christmas present and holiday reading arrived early with the publication of the...more

An Overview Of The Defense Department’s Long-awaited Proposed Regulations For Its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification...

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 1/3/2024

The U.S. Department of Defense released a special holiday treat for government contractors and subcontractors last week in the form of long-promised proposed regulations for its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification...more

DoD Rings in 2024 With Proposed Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Rule

McDermott Will & Emery on 12/29/2023

On December 26, 2023, the US Department of Defense (DoD) published its long-awaited proposed rule codifying the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program. The proposed CMMC rule will apply to all DoD...more

Department of Defense Issues Report Critical of Contractor Cybersecurity Compliance

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/11/2023

The Inspector General (IG) for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) issued a report critical of recent efforts by contractors to protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The report, which followed the DOD IG's...more

“FAR” Reaching Consequences: Proposed FAR Cybersecurity Requirements Will Add New Obligations for Contractors

Paul Hastings LLP on 10/25/2023

Earlier this month the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) Council released two draft rules which would impose new cybersecurity requirements for federal contractors. The proposed rules, Cyber Threat and Incident Reporting...more

Updating Government Contracting Documents for Cybersecurity

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC on 11/11/2022

This article is the third and final installment in a series of articles about how lawyers can better serve their clients by involving themselves in cybersecurity planning at an early stage. Just like Return of the Jedi was...more

OIG report is critical of information security at academic and research contractors

Hogan Lovells on 5/12/2022

On February 22, 2022, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report centered on ten academic and research institutions that develop military technologies. The OIG report focused on...more

Cybersecurity Updates: What We’ve Learned About CMMC 2.0 So Far

Wiley Rein LLP on 4/20/2022

Last November, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced sweeping changes to the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program in a new “version 2.0.” Although we are still awaiting the interim regulations,...more

Cleared Defense Contractors at Risk from Russian Cyber Activity; Advisory Shows Government Expectations

Wiley Rein LLP on 2/17/2022

What: Cleared Defense Contractors (CDCs) are being actively targeted by Russian state-sponsored cyber activity, according to a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security...more

Cyber Compliance On Trial: Court Denies Summary Judgment In Aerojet FCA Case

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 2/9/2022

Aerojet Rocketdyne received another blow last week in its long running battle to end a 2015 False Claims Act suit alleging it lied about its compliance with cybersecurity requirements in order to win several federal...more

CMMC 2.0 Simplifies Requirements But Raises Risks for Government Contractors

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/8/2021

With the announcement of a revamped Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (known as CMMC 2.0),1 for the third time in five years, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced new, comprehensive cybersecurity standards...more

CMMC 2.0: Department of Defense Revamps Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program

McGuireWoods LLP on 11/19/2021

On November 4, 2021, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced significant changes to the strategic direction of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. Specifically, DoD stated that the goal of these...more

DOD Suspends CMMC Version 1.0 and Charts a New Course With “CMMC 2.0”

Wiley Rein LLP on 11/8/2021

WHAT: On November 4, 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced the completion of a months-long internal review and significant changes to the strategic direction of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification...more

CMMC 2.0 Brings Much Needed Relief to the Defense Industrial Base

Blank Rome LLP on 11/8/2021

In response to more than 850 public comments, the Department of Defense (“DOD”) has decided to significantly revamp the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) program. On November 4, 2021, DOD announced that it...more

Ready or Not…Government Contractor Cybersecurity Requirements Roll Out This Month

McGuireWoods LLP on 11/9/2020

New Department of Defense (DoD) regulations related to government contractor Cybersecurity requirements become effective November 30, 2020. The progressive steps to mandatory contractor Cybersecurity Maturity Model...more

New Cybersecurity Assessment Requirement for Department of Defense Contractors Effective November 30, 2020

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/20/2020

As of November 30, 2020, certain U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) prime contractors and subcontractors will need to complete a cybersecurity self-assessment prior to receiving new DoD contracts and prior to the exercise of...more

Contractors Scrambling to Scope New DoD Cyber Framework

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/6/2020

On January 30, 2020, the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) released Version 1.0 of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) framework (CMMC overview here; CMMC Version 1.0 and appendices here). By 2026, DoD...more

Alert: DoD to Require Contractors to be Cyber-Certified by Fall 2020

Cooley LLP on 3/2/2020

On January 31, 2020, the Department of Defense released Version 1.0 of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification for defense contractors. The model is intended to incorporate and build upon existing cybersecurity...more

The CMMC Has Arrived: DoD Publishes Version 1.0 of Its New Cybersecurity Framework and Discusses Planned Rollout

K&L Gates LLP on 2/10/2020

On January 31, 2020, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) publicly released Version 1.0 of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) framework....more

DoD Issues Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification v1.0 (CMMC)

Baker Donelson on 2/10/2020

Cybersecurity attacks represent a real threat to our national security and the defense industrial base. To combat these threats, the Department of Defense (DoD) recently released Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification...more

DoD Has Released Model Version 1.0 of the Cyber Maturity Model Certification Framework

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/4/2020

- DoD has released the final version of the CMMC framework. - DoD anticipates that CMMC requirements will appear in a limited number of solicitations starting in October 2020 and that they will appear in all DoD...more

Tackling Increased Cybersecurity Requirements in the Defense Industrial Base

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/4/2020

On January 30, the US Department of Defense (DoD) released version 1.0 of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework, which will require DoD contractors and subcontractors to obtain third-party...more

Counting Down to 2020 and the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program

Polsinelli on 12/31/2019

2019 has been a year of pivotal developments for defense contractors in the realm of cybersecurity compliance. The Department of Defense (DoD) issued six guidance memoranda to assist its acquisition personnel in developing...more

ADG Insights | NIST set to "enhance" contractor cybersecurity duties

Hogan Lovells on 10/7/2019

Through ADG Insights, we share with you the top legal and political issues affecting the aerospace, defense, and government services (ADG) industry. Our ADG industry team monitors the latest developments to help our clients...more

Never Stop Never Stopping: Defense Department Quietly Unveils Proposed Cybersecurity Capability Model Certification Standards And...

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts... on 6/26/2019

Cybersecurity. It’s never over, is it? In what can only be described as a “soft” release, the Department of Defense (DoD) has slowly and quietly begun to reveal its intent to provide federal contractors with formal...more

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