CMMC accreditation body formalizes relationship with IT acquisition council

The accreditation body supporting the Defense Department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program has signed a memorandum of understanding with a council focused on information technology acquisition professionals to collaborate on conferences and industry outreach.

The IT Acquisition Advisory Council is a public/private partnership created in 2000 by the Pentagon “to improve DOD’s embrace of commercial standards, best practice and lessons learned,” according to the MOU signed by IT-AAC executive director John Weiler and CMMC-AB chairman Ty Schieber on Tuesday....