{"id":26348,"date":"2020-01-28T19:49:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T19:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/28\/new-cybersecurity-standards-for-contractors-could-be-finalized-this-week\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:18:52","slug":"new-cybersecurity-standards-for-contractors-could-be-finalized-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/industry\/2020\/01\/28\/new-cybersecurity-standards-for-contractors-could-be-finalized-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"New cybersecurity standards for contractors could be finalized this week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first version of the new cybersecurity requirements the Pentagon wants military contractors to follow could be finalized as soon as Jan. 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katie Arrington, chief information security officer for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and the point person for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), told an audience Jan. 28 that she will have the requirements by the end of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2019\/09\/10\/what-does-state-of-the-art-cybersecurity-look-like-to-the-pentagon\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4419918.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What does state-of-the-art cybersecurity look like to the Pentagon?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Department of Defense is cracking down on contractor cybersecurity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CMMC is a tiered cybersecurity framework that grades companies on a scale of one to five. 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Arrington said Jan. 28 that the lowest level will become the default for Department of Defense contracts and will include basic tasks such as changing passwords.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2019\/10\/08\/small-businesses-main-focus-of-new-cybersecurity-rules\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635888885745931747-2254253jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Small businesses main focus of new cybersecurity rules<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Forthcoming cybersecurity controls are designed to help the Department of Defense and small business work together to protect sensitive data based on tiers of systems.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at an event hosted by the law firm Holland and Knight, Arrington said the new standards won\u2019t be in effect overnight. The auditors and assessors who will grade companies need training and new contracts will be slowly phased in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe likelihood that any awards will be made until 2021 [of the certification] is, I would say, highly unlikely,\u201d she said. She noted that companies are not required to have CMMC certification until the time of award. \u201cYou have a full year to get yourselves set, to get yourself in position.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to one slide in her presentation, all new contracts will have the requirements in fiscal year 2026. Arrington expects 1,500 companies to be certified by the end of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The requirements are expected to be free of jargon and overly technical language that can often make military documents befuddling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI asked if it could be created on an eighth grade reading level. Why? Because I\u2019m not smart and I owned a small business and I fell prey to this,\u201d she said. \u201cI needed it to be in something that anybody could adapt to. We hear companies all the time say my nephew is doing my cybersecurity. I need your nephew to read what I need him to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2019\/07\/18\/is-industry-cyberinsecurity-dods-achilles-heel\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hill_weeapons.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Is industry cyber(in)security DoD\u2019s Achilles\u2019 heel?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Department of Defense hosted a prototyping event to test tools that can monitor manufacturing company networks for cyber intrusions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arrington promised that the requirement would not become a simple checklist, because if it does \u201cI\u2019ve failed. 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