The Week Ahead: CMMC Accreditation Body shares progress report, NIST on security standards for federal systems

Leaders from the accreditation body for the Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program are sharing details on their working groups efforts this week, while National Institute of Standards and Technology officials are set to discuss the final draft of new standards for federal systems that handle personal information.

The CMMC Accreditation Body is holding a virtual public event today with the chairs from six AB working groups to talk about the “targeted issues and tasks” that private industry officials...