National Security Memorandum & DHS Pathfinder Assessment
Happy Monday, and thanks for tuning in to this week’s segment of Mondays with Miranda! This past month, President Biden issued a national security memorandum, instructing the Department of Homeland Security’s cyber team and NIST to work together with federal agencies to develop cybersecurity performance goals for critical infrastructure operators and owners. The memorandum also […]
Recent Ransomware Attack & New CMMC Member
Happy Tuesday, and thanks for tuning in to this week’s segment of Mondays with Miranda. I hope everyone had an awesome Independence Day weekend! Last week, about 1500 businesses were affected by the Kaseya ransomware attack. Although it has been said that only a small number of Kaseya’s direct customers were affected, many of those […]
CMMC AB Authorizes First Certified Third-Party Assessment Organization
Happy Monday, and thanks for tuning into this week’s segment of Mondays with Miranda! First things first, don’t forget to register for our webinar this week! On Wed, Jun 16th from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT, we will be discussing an effective way to “Bulletproof” your network and your reputation. All your questions on […]
President Releases Executive Order on Cybersecurity; CMMC-AB On Path to Approve First Assessor
Happy Monday, and thanks for tuning in to this week’s segment of Mondays with Miranda! Last week, President Biden released an executive order which focuses primarily on improving cybersecurity within the federal government. Essentially, the executive order states that software sold to the federal government will need to comply with strict standards within six months. […]
CMMC AB Appoints First CEO & Launches Industry Advisory Council
Happy Monday, and thanks for tuning into this week’s segment of Mondays with Miranda! In recent cybersecurity news, there have been reports of personal data being scraped from more than 500 million LinkedIn users and posted for sale online. This comes not too long after Facebook’s similar incident of personal data being leaked from more […]
CMMC Spreading Throughout Federal Agencies
Happy Monday, and thanks for tuning into this week’s segment of Mondays with Miranda! Solarwinds has become the talk of the (cyber) town, as news has just been released stating that NASA and the FAA are also victims of the recent cyber attack. The attack hit nine U.S. government agencies and about 100 private companies, […]
Statement from NeQter Labs Regarding SolarWinds Hack
Happy Monday, and welcome back to Mondays with Miranda! I’m sure we’ve all heard about the recent SolarWinds hack by now, but if you haven’t, stay tuned. What do we know so far? The breach began back in March 2020, when an email system used by the Treasury Department and other federal agencies was compromised. […]
Updated 8(a) STARS III RFP to Include CMMC
Happy Monday! In today’s exciting news, the GSA recently released the updated 8(a) STARS III RFP, which includes CMMC. According to JD Supra, “as part of each offeror’s Supply Chain Risk Management Plan, the 8(a) STARS III RFP requires the offeror to address 1) their intent to obtain CMMC, 2) their target certification level, and […]
U.S. Taking Steps to Prevent Cyber Attacks at a State Level
Happy Monday! Last week, a Texas School District lost $2.3 million to a phishing attack. The incident involved three transactions sent over the course of one month. The school district did not realize until after the third transaction that the bank account information had been tampered with, and the account on the receiving end was […]
DoD Names Chair for CMMC Program
Happy Monday! Last week, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) began during a cyber attack that hit Las Vegas. City officials have been actively working to determine where the attack began. As of now, officials are saying that the attack began with a malicious link in a city employee’s email. This breach comes during the issues […]