NEWS & UPDATES        

This article in Wired.com about the SolarWinds hack, the aftermath (still ongoing, BTW), and the forensics is pretty sobering.

Small businesses often rely on Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to handle their IT needs including cybersecurity. However, ransomware targets companies of all sizes, and small businesses are especially vulnerable to supply chain attacks. In this July Newsletter of Cyber Security Summit | Minneapolis, MN Scott Singer, President of CyberNINES, shares a few basic strategies for small businesses to protect themselves from ransomware supply chain attacks.

See CyberNINES President Scott Singer present at the CMMC Implementation Conference in San Diego on "How the C3PAO Assesses YOUR MSP"Rather than employing internal IT...

Madison, WI - CyberNINES President, Todd Streicher attended the WI Early Stage Symposium, hosted by the Wisconsin Technology Council at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison. This conference is a huge opportunity for startup businesses to present their business plans and pitch their business ideas to venture and angel investors in Wisconsin.

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CyberNINES first authorized CMMC Certified Third-Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO) in Wisconsin and Minnesota to Perform Cybersecurity assessments for the Department of Defense.

MADISON, WI, September 26, 2022  – CyberNINES LLC. a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) has announced that it is the 26^st company nation-wide and the first in Wisconsin and Minnesota to be authorized by the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Accreditation Body (The Cyber AB) as a CMMC Certified Third Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO).  CyberNINES successfully passed its CMMC Level 2 assessment administered by the Department of Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center (DIBCAC) during the first week of August 2022.

This month our focus was on Physical Security, we compiled a list of various news articles we shared throughout the month to keep you in the know and updated on recent events & so you can learn more about physical security as it relates to cybersecurity!

Since this month our focus is on social engineering, we wanted to compile a list of various news articles to keep you in the know and updated on recent events:

This week, the Cyber AB (formerly CMMC AB) made a major announcement at their July Town Hall. They reported that the CMMC program is moving forward and voluntary CMMC assessment will begin next month! These assessments are being led by accredited C3PAOs (CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organization) and will convert into CMMC assessments when the CMMC Rule Making goes into effect in May 2023. 

Insurance Journal article