• Pentagon halts Phase 2 of cybersecurity certification program, launches 60-day ‘reform’ review

    Pentagon halts Phase 2 of cybersecurity certification program, launches 60-day ‘reform’ review
    The Defense Department has essentially ended the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program by suspending its second phase requirements.The Pentagon will keep in place Phase 1, which requires self-assessments for how companies protect controlled unclassified information in their systems. But the department said Monday it is suspending Phase 2, which was to begin on Nov. 10 and requires third-party certifications.DOD is also launching a review of CMMC to make sure it aligns with
  • Marines eye cloudless networks to keep AI tools running when the cloud goes down

    Marines eye cloudless networks to keep AI tools running when the cloud goes down
    The cloud connectivity that makes big AI models work is also the reason they won’t work in war. As the Marine Corps explores ways to bring AI tools to the battlefield, it is looking at one software company’s proposal to keep troops computing when broader access gets cut off.Ditto will announce Monday that the Marines’ Project Dynamis will evaluate their technology for turning radios, cell phones, even drones, into a local network that can keep data flowing and AI tools running

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