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CMMC Brief

Carolina Clear Tech, LLC

Daily CMMC and defense industrial base compliance briefing. DoD policy and rulemaking, False Claims Act cyber enforcement, Cyber AB and C3PAO developments, NIST 800-171 updates, and contracting impact for DIB contractors, compliance managers, and the MSPs and consultants who support them. From Carolina Clear Tech.

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64 episodes

  1. 2026-11-11: A reported $13 million cybersecurity settlement makes evidence-backed compliance claims the 9:28
  2. 2026-11-10: A practitioner reports that a mock assessment exposed an overstated SPRS (Supplier Performance Risk 2:19
  3. 2026-11-07: New Army MAPS protests challenge small-business teaming restrictions and cybersecurity 4:08
  4. 2026-11-05: Review where Microsoft 365 backups containing CUI are stored and who can access them 5:40
  5. 2026-11-04: Practitioners are discussing how to track incoming CUI and evaluate small cloud enclaves that 1:59
  6. 2026-11-03: Practitioners are questioning whether reported cloud-service authorization changes justify using AI 3:25
  7. 2026-10-30: Military movers are challenging proposed CMMC Level 2 requirements 7:11
  8. 2026-10-29: A reported CMMC task force review outlines reform options 4:45
  9. 2026-10-28: Reported CMMC task force recommendations offer reform options 3:03
  10. 2026-10-27: Federal News Network reports that CMMC review responses identify security implementation 4:23
  11. 2026-10-24: A reported Honeywell Aerospace settlement underscores the need to substantiate cybersecurity 4:53
  12. 2026-10-23: U.S 2:53
  13. 2026-10-22: A rehearing brief in Anthropic's Pentagon dispute is a reason to review AI supplier dependencies 4:02
  14. 2026-10-21: Keep self-assessment evidence current during the paused third-party phase-in 6:24
  15. 2026-10-20: Keep Phase I self-assessment work and applicable contract safeguards funded while checking the 7:43
  16. 2026-10-17: NIST & Standards 8:14
  17. 2026-10-16: Policy & Rulemaking 4:53
  18. 2026-10-14: DoD's (DoW's) Oct 1 implementation memo on cost transparency clarifies that contractors are not 7:47
  19. 2026-10-13: A Reddit thread clarifies SPRS visibility rules for primes (they cannot see supplier scores 4:37
  20. 2026-10-12: Defense contractors on Reddit are navigating CAD outsourcing proof points for CUI projects 11:08
  21. 2026-10-10: No signed policy or enforcement news landed in this batch 6:01
  22. 2026-10-09: No signed policy, enforcement action, or Cyber AB statement landed in today's feed 5:42
  23. 2026-10-07: NIST's AI Accelerator director addressed post-deployment drift monitoring for generative AI 4:52
  24. 2026-10-06: A practitioner webinar confirmed that 89% of polled DIB organizations are pressing ahead with CMMC 9:34
  25. 2026-10-05: PreVeil announced a free virtual CMMC summit (Oct 28) featuring the SP 800-171 author 4:20
  26. 2026-10-02: No new CMMC-specific rulemaking or enforcement actions landed today 6:23
  27. 2026-10-01: No new CMMC policy actions or cyber-related False Claims Act cases dropped today 7:51
  28. 2026-09-30: NIST post-quantum cryptography standards continue driving federal migration timelines that will 7:40
  29. 2026-09-29: A Defense Manpower Data Center breach exposed 3 million records 5:14
  30. 2026-09-26: Former DoD CMMC executives published a pointed defense of the program during the Phase 2 6:41
  31. 2026-09-25: A federal court dismissed an FCA cybersecurity complaint against Archer Daniels Midland on 7:52
  32. 2026-09-24: No policy developments, enforcement actions, or ecosystem announcements 3:47
  33. 2026-09-23: Federal News Network published analysis on the False Claims Act trap in CMMC self-attestation 7:06
  34. 2026-09-22: The DoW CMMC Reform Task Force submitted its report to the CIO on September 11 (not yet public) 6:05
  35. 2026-09-21: Open-CMMC v2.0 tackles CUI-to-OT workflows over SMB 4:22
  36. 2026-09-19: DOJ announced a major False Claims Act enforcement policy revision that limits sub-regulatory 6:26
  37. 2026-09-18: The Ninth Circuit ruled that federal agencies cannot unilaterally define what is "material" under 9:25
  38. 2026-09-17: A new FCA cybersecurity settlement reinforces that DOJ is actively enforcing self-attestation 8:07
  39. 2026-09-16: DoD's new class deviation confirms baseline DFARS 7012 and NIST 800-171 Rev 2 compliance remain 5:34
  40. 2026-09-15: Cyber AB CEO Matthew Travis outlined reform proposals including continuous monitoring and smaller 9:44
  41. 2026-09-12: Honeywell settled a $2M False Claims Act case for failing to implement NIST 800-171 controls on a 7:29
  42. 2026-09-05: No CMMC-specific policy, enforcement, or rulemaking developments today 6:46
  43. 2026-08-26: No policy, rulemaking, or enforcement developments 3:42
  44. 2026-08-25: The Navy stood up a new Office of the Defense Industrial Base to revitalize maritime supply chains 13:26
  45. 2026-08-22: The FAR CUI proposed rule mandating NIST SP 800-171 rev 3 across all federal contracts is expected 7:25
  46. 2026-08-15: The r/CMMC community is working through FIPS 140-3 validation requirements and GCC-High migration 6:13
  47. 2026-08-09: DoW CIO Kirsten Davies signaled at Black Hat that the Phase 2 hold may be termed a "pause" rather 4:55
  48. 2026-08-08: A Federal News Network interview with early CMMC Level 2 adopter IntelliGenesis highlights the real 7:39
  49. 2026-08-07: No new CMMC rulemaking or enforcement actions dropped today 5:07
  50. 2026-08-06: No new CMMC policy actions, enforcement cases, or standards updates surfaced in today's collection 3:14