This Security Regulation Is Blindsiding the Education Sector

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a program meant to protect sensitive information from leaking from Department of Defense contractors. Many universities and other educational institutions have only recently discovered that they must comply with this new regulation. The higher level a contractor reaches, the more sensitive DoD contracts they can win. The University of Tennessee Space Institute recently announced a half-million-dollar contract with the DoD. To keep that contract and receive similar ones in the future, UTSI will need to comply.