Defense sector coordinating council seeks details on classifying sensitive data for CMMC suppliers

A defense industry leader says the Defense Industrial Base Sector Coordinating Council’s recent exercise on the Pentagon cyber certification program shows more work is necessary to determine how the department will classify controlled unclassified information and the required maturity level needed for defense suppliers in contracts.

In June, the DIB SCC, which is composed of large defense primes, trade associations and other companies considered part of defense critical infrastructure, conducted a tabletop exercise on the Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification...