The accreditation body behind the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is expecting an increase in the number of assessment firms and certified assessors who want to participate in the Defense Department initiative, as work gets underway to stand up a formal ecosystem under the final programmatic rule. DOD published the final rule on Oct. 15 to establish the CMMC program under Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations. When the rule goes into effect on Dec. 16, CMMC...
