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CMMC is less than a year away from becoming a rule. On June 24th at 1:30 PM (ET), our friends at PreVeil are sponsoring an important free webinar with top DoD officials Mr. David McKeown (DoD, CISO) and Ms. Stacy Bostjanick (CMMC, Director) that will help provide the latest guidance and clarity on the CMMC program.

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.

In this month's episode we will be discussing the pros and cons of using an IT Managed Service Provider to help companies with CMMC. We will be speaking with Todd Streicher, VP of Business Development at CyberNINES.

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.