Prepare your cybersecurity controls and practices to protect DOD data and qualify for federal contracts
The Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) aims to strengthen security controls and practices to help protect sensitive DOD data held by contractors and their supply-chain partners, particularly Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Starting in 2021, with some elements set to appear in RFIs and RFPs in late 2020, DOD contractors and subcontractors will need to demonstrate compliance with CMMC standards and a certain level of maturity to qualify to win federal contracts, meaning that before the contract award they’ll need to be assessed on up to 171 security practices across 17 security domains, and on the maturity of their security processes. Learn more and start planning to achieve the right level of maturity based on the types of sensitive DOD data your organization handles – or expects to handle in the future.
