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March 29, 2024

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Pentagon, DHS paths to cyber attestation show different approaches for establishing government-wide policy

By Sara Friedman / March 25, 2022

Officials from the Pentagon and DHS have diverging points of view on how cyber hygiene for procurement should be evaluated based on their mission goals, which could signal potential areas of concern for industry stakeholders who advocate for a consistent government-wide policy.

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is the Defense Department’s answer to protecting controlled unclassified information held by government contractors, while Department of Homeland Security officials have explored how CMMC could be utilized for their purposes and found...


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