Alliance for Digital Innovation Voices Concerns About Defense Department Regulation Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements

October 15, 2024
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The Alliance for Digital Innovation submitted comments regarding its concerns with the Department of Defense’s proposed rule Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements. The comments express concern about the increased regulatory compliance burden that federal defense contractors and subcontractors will experience under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program, encourages reciprocity and harmonization with other IT security frameworks that use the same underlying controls, and offers additional suggestions to improve the regulation.