DoD bidders: Cyber-secure certs

Businesses intending to bid on Defense Department contracts will have to get certified as cybersecure before they can be awarded the work starting in 2020, according to Katie Arrington, chief information security officer for the assistant defense secretary for acquisition. Arrington told the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 5, that the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework (CMMC) is out in draft form for public comment. It would start appearing as a requirement in pre-solicitation acquisition documents like RFIs in June 2020. "In the fall, we will start putting it into (actual bid solicitation documents) RFPs," she said. (Source: AF Magazine 09/05/19) http://www.airforcemag.com/Features/Pages/2019/September%202019/DOD-Contractors-Will-Need-Cyber-Certification-Beginning-Next-Summer.aspx