Pentagon plans to resume CMMC assessment organization audits in late January

By Sara Friedman / December 22, 2021 at 10:37 AM
The Defense Department will begin conducting new level two audits in late January for companies seeking to assess defense contractors under DOD's revamped Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, according to the CMMC Accreditation Body. DOD made several changes to its CMMC program in November, including the consolidation of maturity levels from five to three and eliminating third-party assessments at level one. As a result, DCMA’s Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center paused assessments at level three, now level two under...

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