NDIA questions expected timeline of Pentagon cyber certification program, intent of potential sponsorships for assessors, consultants

Recent developments at the independent authority overseeing accreditation of assessors for the Pentagon’s cyber certification program are raising concerns at one of the nation’s largest defense associations, which represents a wide variety of contractors who make up the defense industrial base.

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body leaders Ty Schieber and Mark Berman are leaving the board of directors, marking a significant change in leadership as the accreditation body enters a new stage of training and assessments.

Schieber’s last...