Updated CMMC Draft to be Released in November
The Department of Defense (DoD) Undersecretary for Acquisition and Sustainment told reporters that an updated version of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification will be available in early November. Ellen Lord currently serves as the undersecretary and stated the CMMC will focus on critical programs and technologies. Version 0.4 was the first publicly available version of the CMMC and was first released in September 2019. It has already received over 2000 comments/suggestions from outsiders who wish to assist the DoD in formalizing the official framework release, slated for January 2020. The November draft release will be version 0.5. A nonprofit organization is to head up the accreditation body for the CMMC program, although the DoD is still in the process of determining who will carry out this role.