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Pentagon to Launch New Universal Cyber Standards in 2020

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, August 26th, 2019

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Pentagon to Launch New Universal Cyber Standards in 2020

The Defense Department is creating a new unified cybersecurity framework that will be available in early 2020 and included in department solicitations by next fall, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord said Aug. 26. Speaking at a media briefing at the Pentagon, Lord announced the creation of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program, a collaboration with Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute and industry partners. “The CMMC establishes security as…

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