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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).

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MADISON, WIS. (June 21, 2021) — On Thursday, June 24, 2021, Scott Singer will testify before the subcommittee on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework, cost-effective solutions for small businesses to fully comply with CMMC and the critical role small business plays within the Defense Industrial Base (DIB).

It is not just large companies that become victims of cyberattacks, but small and medium-sized manufacturers and businesses who are often unprepared for the common types of attack. 43% of cyberattacks are targeted against small businesses.   

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).