Kim Koster VP Unanet
It’s Time for Govcon to Comply with New Cybersecurity Model
By Kim Koster
One of the many lessons to come out of the ongoing global health crisis is that, even amid quarantines, stay-home orders, and a drastic slowdown in business and economic activity, cyber threats never rest — and in some instances, even escalate.
The Covid-19 CTI League, an ad hoc group of security experts that is working to neutralize cyber threats during the pandemic, recently hammered that lesson home, saying “the amount of COVID-19 related cyberattacks is surging,” with widespread reports of “suspicious domains, compromised infrastructures, and other cyber-attacks by malicious actors.”
The persistence of cybercrime during the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t been lost on the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). As of late June, the agency appeared intent to keep to its aggressive schedule for implementing a new set of tighter cybersecurity standards that defense contractors must meet in order to be considered for DoD contracts.
While the new standards included in DoD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program were unveiled in January…
