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Would CMMC compliance block a SolarWinds-style attack? -- FCW


By Adam Mazmanian
May 19, 2021
In the wake of infiltration of government and private networks through SolarWinds software and the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, lawmakers are looking to reduce the exposure of federal and critical infrastructure systems to hacks.
The Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is designed to be one key line of defense. The program sets out five maturity models applicable to defense industrial base contractors based on the level of sensitivity of information stored in their systems. Under the program, obtaining a certification of compliance at the appropriate risk level is an allowable cost. However, the extent to which contractors may have to dig into their own pockets to obtain certification is a running concern so much so that Kathleen Hicks, the deputy secretary of defense, ordered a review of the program in March. ....

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US Industry Struggles To Strip Chinese Tech From Networks


By  
Theresa Hitchens
on February 22, 2021 at 3:34 PM
WASHINGTON: More than two years after Congress passed two laws to strip Chinese hardware and software from US defense and telecommunications supply chains, industry is struggling to figure out how.
“No one really has the answers on some of this stuff,” Nick Jones, director of regulatory policy at the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), said in an interview.
One key problem, Jones explained, is that neither DoD nor the FCC have issued lists of what equipment is banned by the laws.
“Good national security intentions, but poor execution thus far,” one telecoms expert summed up. ....

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