New Microsoft identity and data security capabilities to accelerate CMMC compliance for the Defense Industrial Base

As Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Information Officer Hon. John Sherman said recently, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is necessary to ensure that the United States raises the bar for protecting sensitive information.¹ The DoD is leading by example towards this goal by implementing Zero Trust practices and introducing CMMC to strengthen the supply chain throughout the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) because shared information is only as secure as the weakest link.²

The DIB as a whole has …

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