Forbes August 5, 2025
When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth talks about strengthening America’s military edge, he does not just mean more ships or jets. He also means securing the digital backbone that makes them work. On July 18, 2025, Hegseth issued a DoD memorandum titled “Enhancing Security Protocols for the Department of Defense” ordering a comprehensive review of all IT and cloud capabilities to protect against supply chain threats from adversaries such as China and Russia. He explicitly directed Katie Arrington, the DoD CIO, to leverage CMMC as a key mechanism for fortifying the Defense Industrial Base. The memorandum required implementing guidance within 15 days and empowered the undersecretary for intelligence and security to audit personnel and insider threat programs of DIB vendors....
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