Exostar, the leader in trusted, secure business collaboration in aerospace and defense (A&D), life sciences, and healthcare, will host a webinar that brings clarity to the cybersecurity requirements and challenges Department of Defense (DoD) prime contractors and suppliers face following the release of Version 1 of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). The complimentary, live event takes place on Tuesday, February 25th, at 3 PM U.S. Eastern Time.
DoD’s transition to CMMC as a “go/no-go” procurement mandate for contracts begins this year and extends over the next several years. During this time, members of the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) that access or handle controlled unclassified information must continue to address the 110 security controls stipulated in National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-171 (NIST 800-171). Confusion and uncertainty driven by the coexistence of CMMC and NIST 800-171 threaten to adversely impact operations across the DoD supply chain.
During the webinar, a panel of Government and A&D industry leaders will cover topics including:
- How the rules have changed and why
- How to efficiently manage to NIST 800-171 and CMMC
- The consequences of noncompliance with either standard
- Audit expectations for both standards
- The importance of thinking in terms of risk rather than compliance
“DoD prime contractors now find themselves in the difficult position of addressing CMMC and NIST 800-171 simultaneously,” said Stuart Itkin, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at Exostar. “With Government audits of 800-171 self-attestation heating up just as CMMC rolls out, primes need greater visibility into the cybersecurity hygiene of all of their suppliers. Primes and suppliers throughout the DIB must understand the scope and timing of the cybersecurity processes, practices, and policies they must have in place.”
Register today for important insight on how prime contractors can untangle DoD’s rules for cybersecurity in 2020 and beyond, prepare themselves and their suppliers for CMMC and NIST 800-171 audits, and most effectively mitigate risk while also meeting DoD mandates.
WHO: Darren King, Director, Senior Information Security Officer, Defense Contract Management Agency
Jeffrey (J.C.) Dodson, Global CISO, BAE Systems
Stuart Itkin, VP, Marketing & Product Management, Exostar
WHAT: Webinar – “CMMC Is Here, but 800-171 Isn’t Going Away. Know What to Do?”
WHEN: Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 3:00 – 4:00 PM U.S. ET
WHERE:Via the Web
About Exostar
Exostar’s cloud-based platforms create exclusive communities within highly-regulated industries where organizations securely collaborate, share information, and operate compliantly. Within these communities we build trust. More than 135,000 Aerospace and Defense organizations and agencies in over 150 countries trust Exostar to strengthen security, reduce expenditures, raise productivity, and help them achieve their missions. Ten of the top twenty global biopharmaceutical companies rely on Exostar to help them speed new medicines and therapies to market. Exostar is a Gartner Cool Vendor. For more information, please visit www.exostar.com.
