Senate defense policy bill directs GAO to produce report on CMMC reciprocity

By Sara Friedman / July 21, 2022 at 4:49 PM
Senate Armed Services Committee leadership is asking the Government Accountability Office to "conduct an assessment on the incorporation of reciprocity" into the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, in the chamber's latest version of the fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill. The assessment follows up on a cyber subcommittee hearing in May 2021 where Defense Department officials provided an update on the CMMC program. At the time, the Pentagon was conducting an internal review and Jesse Salazar, who was serving...

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