INDUSTRY NEWS Author: Uday Ali Pabrai, CISSP, CMMC RP, HITRUST CCSFP, MSEE, Security+ Date Published: 19 April 2021 Advanced persistent threats (APTs) require that organizations respond with active and credible cyberdefenses. This is the focus of Maturity Level 5 of the US Department of Defense (DoD) cybersecurity standard, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). Maturity Level 5 focuses on the protection of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and is the highest level of cybersecurity defined in the CMMC standard. 1 Maturity Level 5 requires an...