On Nov. 4, the Department of Defense announced significant changes to the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, intended to simplify the certification standard and prioritize protection of certain types of controlled defense information.

Read on for an overview of the changes, a timeline for their implementation and implications for defense contractors.

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As a leader of the firm’s Defense, National Security and Government Contracting industry team, Ned Childs is a government contract and investigations and enforcement attorney who represents companies across a wide range of sectors, including the defense, services, technology, and aerospace industries. His…

As a leader of the firm’s Defense, National Security and Government Contracting industry team, Ned Childs is a government contract and investigations and enforcement attorney who represents companies across a wide range of sectors, including the defense, services, technology, and aerospace industries. His practice, spanning more than a decade in Washington, encompasses a broad array of legal services, including government contract investigations, disclosures, and regulatory enforcement actions; bid protests and government contract disputes; government contract counseling; export licensing and enforcement; prime contractor-subcontractor disputes; corporate ownership and acquisition issues; and election law investigations and enforcement matters.

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Abe focuses his practice on protecting the rights and interests of companies and individuals who face disputes or conflicts with the federal government in its role as purchaser, prosecutor, and chief regulator. For more than twenty years, Abe has represented government contractors, participants…

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