
The Pentagon said Monday the accreditation board for the department’s new cyber security contracting standards is expected to open registration later this week for organizations interested in serving as a third party auditors for the new program. The department noted officials leading the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) effort signed a memorandum of understanding on March 23 that DoD “will only accept certifications from an assessor or a CMMC Third Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO) who has been accredited for assessments”…