Supporting the European DIB maintain cyber compliance
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On the 23rd of February 3 US technology and military leaders met in front of the US Senate Armed Services Committee to testify in public on Emerging Technologies and their impact on Nation Security. Dr Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, Brad Smith president of Microsoft Corporation and General (Ret) “Hawk” Carlisle the president and …
The new US administration has its work cut out for sure when it comes to cyber security, but the challenges and opportunities are recognised. To support the development of strategy and operationalise cyber risk management the Cybersecurity Solarium Commission has offered its advice through the enclosed ‘Transition book for the incoming Biden Administration’. Providing useful …
Sometimes it’s useful to go back to the beginning, to understand the reasons for the decisions which are made and why. To clarify the mission objective and reconfirm what we are doing and why we are doing it. The enclosed public report was published in 2018 by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) to the …
On 17th December 2020 the UK Defence trade associations ADS Group and Team Defence Information (TDI), Katie Arrington the CISO for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defence for Acquisition and Sustainment and myself, with the support of the UK Embassy in Washington. Held a CMMC webinar. We introduced the US DoDs CMMC programme and …
On the 3rd of November 2020 myself, Rear Admiral William Chase (Senior Military Advisor for Cyber Policy to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy/Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary), and John Weiler (Chairman of the CMMC Center of Excellence and CEO of the IT Acquisition Advisory Council) were invited to speak to the …
With all intents and purposes the Interim Final Ruling published by the Department of Defence on the 29th of September 2020 will become affective on the 30th November 2020. Requiring that contractors and subcontractors input their assessment of NIST SP 800 – 171 compliance and ultimately their CMMC certificates into the DoDs Supplier Performance Risk …
On the 29th of September 2020 the US Department of Defence (DoD) released its Interim Final Ruling (ruling) for DFARS Case D041, effective 30th November 2020. Improving the protection of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and Federal Contract Information (FCI) across the DoDs Defence Industry Base (DIB) and closing gaps in the oversight and assurance of …
Parava Security Solutions has signed an MOU with the Information Technology Acquisition Advisory Council (IT-AAC) and the CMMC Centre of Excellence (John Weiler CMMC-CoE, TBM, Agile Acquisition). Formed under agreement with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification – Accreditation Body (CMMC AB). Parava is a cyber security advisory firm, with experience in providing strategic, tactical, and …