Columbia, Maryland – May 10th, 2021: COACT, Inc. is excited to announce its status as a Certified Third-Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO) Candidate. The C3PAO Candidate status indicates that the CMMC Accreditation Body (CMMC-AB) vetted and approved COACT as a C3PAO applicant. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a new requirement that was designed to ensure Department of Defense (DoD) contractors …
Cyber 9-Line; Improving Incident Response Across U.S. Defense Agencies
The United States Cyber Command in conjunction with the National Guard have released a new portal service that allows for the two-way sharing of malware and attack information in order to improve insight and response to cyber threats facing the nation. The portal, named Cyber 9-Line, comes as part of a new initiative from the Department of Defense and Cyber …
Standardizing APT Detection and Response
At this year’s Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control conference, representatives from The National Institute of Standards and Technology alongside security professionals from Pennsylvania State University proposed a new framework aimed at enhancing the Automatic Recognition of Advanced Persistent Threat Tactics for Enterprise Security. Advanced Persistent Threat groups are known to attack high value targets such as government …