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“We are moving forward, we’re hoping by the first quarter of calendar year [2025] we’ll be able to start enforcing this and putting this in contracts,” Dave McKeown, Deputy CIO for the DoD, said.
By Carley Welch![New proposed rule for CMMC 2.0 lays out security requirements, raises some eyebrows](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/220524_cybersecurity_pentagon_lock_GettyImages-1359935689-scaled-e1685467522237-225x150.jpg)
At its most basic level, under CMMC 2.0, defense contractors and subcontractors that have access to controlled unclassified information (CUI) will be required to demonstrate the “maturity” of their cybersecurity programs against a set of increasingly advanced capabilities.
By Jaspreet Gill
In this op-ed, William Greenwalt of the American Enterprise Institute lays out reasons why the DoD and Congress should move away from CMMC 2.0.
By William C. Greenwalt