Security News Update for Aug 16, 2026
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When Kristen Davies, the DoD’s newly installed CIO, announced the 60 day pause on third party CMMC Level 2 and 3 certification requirements in government contracts (and not a pause by primes or the DOD’s DIBCAC in requiring or auditing them), she also talked about something new called “Brilliant at the Basics”. First of all,…
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Every DoD CIO in the last many years has done this; some people are surprised it took her this long to do this. The pause ONLY applies to Phase 2 and later and only lasts for 60 days. The goal is two fold although they are not talking about one issue. The FAR Council released…
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Up until now, if you were a non-defense government contractor and you had access to controlled unclassified information (CUI), there were no standard rules for what you had to do to protect that information. As part of the “revolutionary FAR overhaul” the government is adding new rules for all civilian executive branch agency contractors and…