The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program office has outlined its approach to incorporate the National Institute of Standards and Technology's federal information system security and privacy controls into the government's cloud computing initiative.
Read More »NIST Seeks Participants for Zero-Trust Implementation R&D Program
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking for entities to participate in its program aimed at promoting the implementation of zero-trust architectures.
Read More »Six Companies Join Quantum Economic Development Consortium’s Steering Panel; Michael Kratsios Quoted
Boeing (NYSE: BA), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Google, ColdQuanta, QC Ware and Zapata Computing signed participation agreements to join the steering committee of a consortium tasked with advancing research in quantum information science and identifying standards, technology and workforce needs to support the emerging QIS-based industry.
Read More »Chuck Brooks: Innovation is Strengthening the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce
GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks has published his latest article as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Friday. Brooks discussed the federal government's development of its cyber workforce, upskilling and reskilling federal workers as well as addressing the ongoing challenge of cybersecurity workforce requirements. You can read Chuck Brooks' latest GovCon Expert below: Innovation is Strengthening the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce
Read More »Ron Lear of CMMI Institute to Serve as Panelist During Potomac Officers Club’s Fall CMMC Forum
Ron Lear, director of IP development and architect of CMMI products and services at the CMMI Institute, will participate the expert panel during Potomac Officers Club’s Fall CMMC Forum on October 7th. Lear has more than 35 years of experience with continual performance improvement, product development, engineering and service/operations management, supply chain and quality management.
Read More »Alka Bhave, Perspecta VP of Performance Excellence, to Moderate Panel at Potomac Officers Club’s Fall CMMC Forum
Alka Bhave, vice president of performance excellence at Perspecta, will moderate the "CMMC Preparation: Considerations for Success" panel during Potomac Officers Club’s Fall CMMC Forum on October 7th. Register here for POC’s Fall CMMC Forum. Bhave leads an independent organization with a mission to drive excellence into the performance of Perspecta programs, with scope across all lines of business and corporate functions.
Read More »GovCon Expert Bill Downer: Securing the Supply Chain; Securing the Data
Bill Downer, vice president of national programs for Seagate Government Solutions, has released his second article as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Monday after exploring the impact or lack of impact CMMC will have on supply chains and data hygiene. Click here to become a GovCon Expert.
Read More »Ivanti’s Daniel Wilbricht on Cloud Investments, CMMC Priorities
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 21, 2020 — Daniel Wilbricht, vice president of Ivanti‘s public sector business in the Americas, told ExecutiveBiz in an interview posted July 9 the company will continue to invest in information technology as part of efforts to meet the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s guidelines and the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements.
Read More »GovCon Expert Bill Downer: CMMC’s Lack of Impact on Securing Supply Chains
In my opinion, CMMC has nothing to do with supply chain management. CMMC is intended to serve as a verification mechanism to ensure appropriate levels of cybersecurity practices and processes are in place to ensure basic cyber hygiene as well as protect controlled unclassified information (CUI) that resides on the department’s industry partners’ networks.
Read More »Summit 7 Partners With AvePoint to Address CMMC Program; Scott Edwards, John Peluso Quoted
Summit 7 Systems has partnered with AvePoint to address the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. Following the launch of DFARS 7012 DoD released CMMC, which has expanded upon NIST 800-171 cybersecurity framework.
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