If you are a defense or government supplier – or if you are a subcontractor selling to a government supplier – you need to know about the NIST 800-171 mandate as well as Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). The Department of Defense is gradually transitioning from the NIST 800-171 mandate to the CMMC framework. By 2026, all new DoD contracts will require compliance with CMMC. The contract under which you are working will tell you whether you need to meet NIST 800-171 or CMMC. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is one of the nation’s oldest physical science laboratories and it is part of the US Department of Commerce. Congress established NIST in 1901 in an effort to remove a major challenge to US industrial competitiveness at the time—a sec

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