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IntelliDyne has appointed Harry Bartel as chief operating officer, succeeding Ed Abner, who is due to retire from the Falls Church, Va.-based government information technology contractor this fall, the company said Thursday. 

Summit 7 Systems has been selected for the Microsoft 2020 MSUS Partner Award in the modern workplace category for providing customers with end-to-end security solutions based on Microsoft security and compliance capabilities in 365 and Azure.

Martin Rieger, a federal cloud computing market veteran, has joined security automation company stackArmor as chief solutions officer. He brings to stackArmor his decades of advisory experience related to the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and Federal Information Security Management Act, the company said Tuesday.

Eric Trexler, vice president of global government sales at Forcepoint, has said that agencies need to incorporate stringent controls to ensure that supplier networks are secure even after they are verified.

Dan Wilbricht, vice president of Ivanti's public sector business in the Americas, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the internal advancements of automation, cloud and managed services. He also discussed external technology initiatives, including Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and Certified Information Systems Auditor’s (CISA) Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) policy 3.0, and the potential future of the technology sector.

Management and technology consulting firm Northcross Group has developed an online questionnaire meant to help contractors determine their potential capacity to meet a particular maturity level under the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program.

Cyemptive Technologies has unveiled a cloud-based platform with the intent to help contractors prepare to comply with Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements.

Apptega has launched a new framework meant to guide defense contractors and their partners through the process of complying with requirements under the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program.

Jared Shepard, Chief Executive Officer of Intelligent Waves, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the company’s evolution of its cybersecurity platforms, how CMMC will shift the government contracting (GovCon) sector and the ways that COVID-19 will transform business moving forward. 

Summit 7 Systems announced a partnership with AvePoint on the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program.

Exostar has unveiled a risk management tool that will help organizations under the Defense Industrial Base that intend to independently conform to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Special Publication 800-171 security controls.

Microsoft has launched an end-to-end program designed to help clients and partners serving as defense suppliers prepare for and facilitate their compliance with the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. The Microsoft CMMC acceleration program seeks to help DoD suppliers “improve their cybersecurity maturity, develop the cyber critical thinking skills essential to CMMC, and benefit from the compliance capabilities native to Azure and Azure Government,” Lily Kim, general manager of Azure Global at Microsoft, wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday.

Katie Arrington, chief information security officer in the Department of Defense acquisition office and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said that DoD is exploring how to adjust Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification training activities amid the coronavirus pandemic, National Defense magazine reported Wednesday.

Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said in a statement published Friday on NDIA the Department of Defense has not yet finalized the requirements for accrediting third-party assessment organizations under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.

Cyber risk management firm Tetra Defense is developing a web application designed to help contractors understand and prepare for the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification process. The Potomac Officers Club will host its CMMC Forum 2020 on April 2nd. Click here to register for the event.