In an important first, the yearly defense policy law, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026, directs the Department of Defense (DoD) to develop and implement a framework addressing the cybersecurity and physical security of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies (AI/ML) acquired by the Pentagon.
The NDAA (at Section 1513) also directs the DoD to incorporate this framework—once developed—into the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program to ensure that contractors developing, deploying, storing, or hosting AI/ML for DoD comply with the framework. CMMC, a unified assessment model for defense contractors handling certain categories of regulated data,…
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