By Lauren C. Williams
NOTE: This story first appeared on FCW.com.
The accrediting body overseeing the Defense Department s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program announced June 9 that RedSpin has met requirements for Certified Third-Party Assessment Organizations and passed the CMMC Level 3 assessment administered by the Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center.
With the first authorized C3PAO organization and more expected this summer, the CMMC-AB s plans to have an operational training ecosystem are taking shape. There are currently 156 organizations awaiting approval, according to the CMMC-AB s marketplace website.
Matthew Travis, the accrediting body s CEO, said the standing up of the first C3PAO, which will be able to conduct CMMC assessments across the defense industry base, was a significant milestone amid recent cyber events.
The accrediting body overseeing the Defense Department s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program announced the debut of the first organization authorized to assess defense contractors.
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While still early, some researchers view the reported hacking into Fujitsuâs ProjectWEB software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform as a nation-state attack with similarities to the SolarWinds hack that infiltrated government agencies.
According to the Japanese National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity, the agency investigating the attack, the intrusion was detected by Fujitsu on Monday, May 24. A day later, the tech giant temporarily shut down ProjectWeb. Impacted agencies include the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the Cabinet Secretariat; and Narita Airport in Toyko.
âAs the Olympics approach, more cyberattacks are expected to target Japanese infrastructure and government agencies,â said Chenxi Wang, founder and general partner of Rain Capital. âWe don’t know if this attack is tied to the Olympics, but it’s clear that the attackers are