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Scott Singer, CyberNINES President & CEO was invited to speak on the Wisconsin Veterans Forward Podcast hosted by the WI Veterans chamber of commerce last week! In the 2-part podcast Adam and Scott discuss what tech and cybersecurity compliance has to do with getting the good DoD Contracts. 

In partnership with the UW-Whitewater Cybersecurity Center for Business, Tetra Defense, an Arctic Wolf Company and CyberNINES, a series of Cybersecurity Readiness Workshops were hosted this week with special guest Matthew Travis, CEO of CMMC-AB 

Wisconsin DoD manufacturers and federal contractors gathered in Oshkosh on May 18 for the 8TH ANNUAL DOD CONTRACT MANAGEMENT UPDATE to discuss Supply Chain Challenges & Solutions in 2022. It has been a challenging year for the federal government and defense contractors as they face increased challenges – supply shortages, cost escalation, labor shortages, new requirements, and security challenges to mention a few.

CISA has issued Emergency Directive (ED) 22-03 and released a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) in response to active and expected exploitation of multiple vulnerabilities in the following VMware products: VMware Workspace ONE Access (Access), VMware Identity Manager (vIDM), VMware vRealize Automation (vRA), VMware Cloud Foundation, vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager.

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Scott Singer, President of CyberNINES, was quoted by a reporter from Bloomberg about the Department of Defense’s (DoD) new cybersecurity requirement and its impact on the small and medium-sized businesses. Singer recently testified before the House Small Business Committee on recommendations for making the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) compliance attainable for DoD’s small business suppliers, expressed his concerns about the insufficient number of approved Certified 3rd Party Assessment Organizations (C3PAOs) to satisfy the need to certify the defense contractors by the 2025 deadline. There is a need for roughly 8,000 C3PAOs to certify 300,000 companies in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB).

CMMC & NIST SP 800-171 Compliance & Cybersecurity Consulting Firm, CyberNINES, Expands in California  

MADISON, WIS. (July 30, 2021) — CyberNINES, a cybersecurity consulting company providing high-value and affordable CMMC & NIST SP 800-171 compliance services for small and medium-sized businesses in the Upper Midwest, has recently expanded its presence in California. Scott Singer, President of CyberNINES, Todd Streicher, Vice President of Business Development, and Nick Alaga, Director of Business Development in Western Region, met this past month with businesses and partners in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego to discuss the strategic development in the West region.

On February 9, 2021, Scott Singer, President of CyberNINES, joined the Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association (MPMA) for an interactive discussion on the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and the cybersecurity requirements pertaining the DoD suppliers. In this recorded session, you will learn about the requirements of a basic NIST SP 800-171 assessment and how to submit your NIST score in the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS).

A Guide for Manufacturers to Mitigate Risk and Increase Profits by Integrating Their IT & Operations Teams

In this recorded webinar session from WMEP, Scott Singer, President of CyberNINES, and Cory Larson, WMEP Automation and Cybersecurity Consultant will guide you through the best tools and methods for IT-OT Integration and how it will benefit your finances. Learn how to integrate IT and OT Departments (Industrial Control Systems) within your organization.