Regulations, Frameworks, and Controls - January 21, 2022

Many companies struggle with all of the cybersecurity documentation, processes, and policies that can limit their business growth and REALLY stress them out. Omnistruct serves as an enterprise partner for the critical policies, processes, and documentation needed to make sure all of that data and revenue is well protected against cyber threats and that the company stays in compliance with all rules and regulations.

New cyber security framework for the US DoD

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is the US Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) cyber security training, certification and third-party assessment programme aimed at measuring a contractor’s ability to demonstrate compliance with the federal rules and regulations requiring the protection of federal contract information (FCI) and controlled unclassified information (CUI). By Leigh Hansson, Liza Craig and Joshuah Turner I January 18, 2022 Read More

The Pentagon’s new cybersecurity model is better, but still an incremental solution to a big challenge

The Pentagon announced in November a new “strategic direction” for its Cyber Maturity Model Certification, calling it CMMC 2.0 and essentially admitting the first iteration was overly complex and costly. The new version better aligns to existing federal standards and requirements but falls well short of being the “bold change” President Biden called for in his much-touted May cybersecurity executive order. By Dr. Georgianna Shea I January 17, 2022 Read More