Michael Baker, Staff VP and Chief Information Security Officer at General Dynamics Information Technology, moderated an expert panel discussion during the Potomac Officers Club CMMC Forum 2021 on Wednesday.
Panellists who followed discussed cybersecurity maturity in an era of increasing vulnerability, including Karlton Johnson of the CMMC Accreditation Body, Ron Lear of the ISACA-CMMI Institute, Jeffery Miller of the Accenture Federal Service, and Armando Seay of the Maryland Innovation and Security Institute.
If you missed the CMMC 2021 forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting the Potomac Officers Club Events Archive.
Karlton Johnson, Chair of the CMMC Accreditation Body, also delivered the keynote address at the forum. In his address, Johnson gave an overview and perspective of the CMMC rollout and the benefits of robust cybersecurity systems for the private sector. Kristie Grinnell, VP and Global CIO of General Dynamics, introduced Johnson before his keynote address.
Following the keynote, Ron Lear, Senior Director of the ISACA-CMMI Institute, opened the discussion by expressing the need for government and industry to move with a clear sense of urgency to a more systems-based approach to cybersecurity. Lear also stressed that a comprehensive plan by the entire government is the only way to give cybersecurity the high priority it needs to protect against increasingly sophisticated attacks.
Jeffery Miller, Managing Director of Accenture Federal Service, said in his remarks that the CMMC can learn a lot from traditional supply chain processes. He said they both strongly involve risk management and the ability to prevent and mitigate risk at all times. He also noted that the success of both CMMC and the supply chain depends on collaboration, transparency and a well-trained workforce.
Armando Seay, co-founder and board member of the Maryland Innovation and Security Institute (MISI), spoke about the training aspects that are important for developing organizations to become CMMC certified. He emphasized that training must be implemented quickly as cyber threats are constantly active.
Seay also commented that MISI is currently working on secure, reliable, and robust head-to-back features that will allow classified data to be securely transferred between different organizations.
Karlton Johnson discussed the issue of scalability for government and private industry and the need to optimize cybersecurity on a large scale to be effective. He also stated that his focus over the next 100 days will be on communicating the soon-to-be-released government cybersecurity requirements to the private industry and helping them adopt cybersecurity.
If you missed the CMMC 2021 forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting the Potomac Officers Club Events Archive.
Join us at the next event on June 30th when the Potomac Officers Club hosts its Trusted Workforce Forum. Visit PotomacOfficersClub.com to register for the Trusted Workforce Forum on June 30th.
The main speaker will be William Lietzau, Director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). He will discuss his first 100 days at DCSA, his vision for developing a safe, trustworthy workforce, upcoming major initiatives, and how the private sector can help ensure our national security.
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