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By Chris Riotta May 23, 2021 Tucked inside President Joe Bidens cybersecurity executive order is a plan to modernize and streamline federal procurement policy, which experts said lacked critical funding and resources to adequately implement within its ambitious timeframe. The order in part seeks to overhaul a current patchwork of regulations and guidelines for the private sector and commercial marketplace around federal contractor cybersecurity requirements. This plan will require agencies and ...

By Lauren C. Williams May 19, 2021 Calls for a certified baseline of cybersecurity seem to increase with every cyberattack. And the recent ransomware attack that shut down the East Coasts largest fuel pipeline, Colonial Pipeline, is no exception. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is one of several Defense Department efforts to improve both its own cyber defenses and those of its industry partners. CMMC has been touted as a potential standard that could expand beyond the De...

NDIA POLICY POINTS GLOBAL DEFENSE MARKET China’s Naval Buildup Alarms Maritime Leaders 2/5/2021 Photo: iStock Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe in December published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal expounding on the threat China poses to not just the United States, but also the world. While Ratcliffe explained that intelligence indicates that China “intends to dominate [the world] economically, militaril...