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News/Cyber & AI/CMMC Pause Rationale Unravels as DoD’s Own RFI Data Puts Average Assessment Cost at $47,000
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CMMC Pause Rationale Unravels as DoD’s Own RFI Data Puts Average Assessment Cost at $47,000

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GovConFeed – The Pentagon's case for freezing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program is weakening under its own numbers, and defense contractors are left waiting on a review that has run well past its deadline.

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