‘Stop Doing That’: Arrington Pleads to Industry to Quit ‘Complaining’ About CMMC

Katie Arrington, who is performing the duties of the Pentagon’s chief information officer, told industry to stop “complaining” that the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program is “too hard.” Arrington, the lead creator of the CMMC program during the first Trump administration, emphasized that voicing frustrations about the program could make companies vulnerable to adversaries such as China and Russia.