Industry sees potential for CMMC growth under Biden executive order to modernize FedRAMP

Stakeholders watching the Pentagon’s cyber certification program say they see an opportunity for reciprocity in a section of a May cyber executive order that calls for the modernization of a separate civilian agency certification program dedicated to authorizing services for government use from cloud service providers.

“Ever since these programs came into being, the idea of reciprocity has been talked about,” said Stephanie Kostro, executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council. “I’m really hoping for progress on...