The Defense Department chief information officer is exploring if changes need to be made to the Pentagon's acquisition rules to take into consideration recent National Institute of Standards and Technology guidance for advanced persistent threats and the protection of high-level assets. The guidance, known as NIST Special Publication 800-172, is the basis for maturity levels four and five of DOD's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. A notice published Monday in a weekly update from Defense Pricing and Contracting stated DOD...
