Pentagon presses ahead with CMMC rulemaking deadline after release of ‘informational’ video

The Defense Department is limiting its engagement plans to an “informational” video for the first rulemaking under the Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program in advance of the Feb. 26 comment deadline, according to a Federal Register notice published today.

The first proposed rule was over two years in the making following a DOD announcement in November 2021 on major changes to the CMMC program. The rule amends Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations to implement the...