
Katie Arrington named acting Pentagon CIO
Katie Arrington was announced Monday as the Pentagon’s official “Performing the Duties of the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer.”
Katie Arrington was announced Monday as the Pentagon’s official “Performing the Duties of the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer.”
A survey conducted by Redspin found that over half of respondents did not feel prepared for CMMC’s requirements, which will go into effect by mid-2025.
As part of the new role, McKeown will stand up and helm the DOD CIO’s new Cybersecurity Center of Excellence.
The framework will require defense contractors working with controlled unclassified information (CUI) or federal contract information (FCI) to meet one of three levels of CMMC compliance, depending on the sensitivity of the information.
The publication of the final rule moves to establish the CMMC 2.0 program in federal law.
The newly proposed rule would incorporate new cyber requirements into all contracts for vendors who want to do business with the U.S. military that involves controlled unclassified information.
The Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Strategy outlines four goals as well as corresponding objectives that cover activities from fiscal 2024 to 2027.
The military services increasingly see small businesses as extensions of their enterprises and are looking at ways to support their security.
The projections were included in a proposed rule for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification that was published in the Federal Register.
The proposed rule for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification was published Dec. 26.