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CMMC Watch is an automated daily news aggregator focused on CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification), NIST 800-171 compliance, and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) cybersecurity. Updated February 19, 2026 with 97 curated articles.

Target Audience

Defense contractors, compliance officers, CISOs, IT security professionals, government contractors, C3PAO assessors, and anyone involved in federal cybersecurity compliance.

Content Categories

  • CMMC Program News: Updates on CMMC certification, C3PAO assessments, Cyber AB announcements
  • NIST & Compliance: NIST 800-171, DFARS 252.204-7012, FedRAMP, FISMA requirements
  • Federal Cybersecurity: CISA alerts, federal agency security initiatives, policy changes
  • Defense Industrial Base: DIB news, contractor cybersecurity, supply chain security

News Sources

Aggregated from authoritative federal and defense news outlets:

  • Government/Federal: FedScoop, DefenseScoop, Federal News Network, Nextgov, ExecutiveGov
  • Defense Industry: Breaking Defense, Defense One, Defense News, GovCon Wire
  • Cybersecurity: SecurityWeek, Cyberscoop
  • Community: Reddit r/CMMC, r/NISTControls, r/FederalEmployees, r/cybersecurity, r/GovContracting
  • LinkedIn: CMMC industry influencers and thought leaders

Key Terms Glossary

CMMC
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification - DoD framework for contractor cybersecurity
CUI
Controlled Unclassified Information - sensitive but unclassified government data
FCI
Federal Contract Information - information provided under government contract
C3PAO
CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organization - authorized assessors
SPRS
Supplier Performance Risk System - DoD contractor scoring system
DIB
Defense Industrial Base - DoD contractor ecosystem
POA&M
Plan of Action and Milestones - remediation tracking document

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This page regenerates automatically every day at 6:00 AM EST via GitHub Actions. Content is AI-curated for relevance to CMMC and federal cybersecurity compliance topics.

Today's Top Stories

Featured stories from February 19, 2026:

  1. ECS Appoints Donnie Scott as President (Source: GovCon Wire)
  2. Leidos Closes FY25 With $17.2B Revenue, $17.5B Net Bookings (Source: GovCon Wire)
  3. DOD eyes commercial satellites that can spy on other satellites (Source: Defense News)
  4. Energy Department ‘center of excellence’ delves into OT cybersecurity (Source: Federal News Network)
  5. DOW Launches BOND Initiative to Embed Industry Leaders in Acquisition Process (Source: ExecutiveGov)
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ECS Appoints Donnie Scott as President GovCon Wire 5h ago

ECS Appoints Donnie Scott as President

ASGN federal segment ECS has appointed Donnie Scott, a government and technology leader, as president. The leadership tr...

GovCon Wire

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GovCon Wire USCYBERCOM Issues Intent to Award $500M Cyber Hunt Kit Contract to Parsons’ Sealing Technologies GovCon Wire Deven Joshi Joins C5MI as Chief AI Officer Cyberscoop The Caracas operation suggests cyber was part of the plan – just not the whole operation Breaking Defense DIU wants commercially developed imagery satellites for on-orbit spying Defense News Sentinel ICBM program hit by software delays, Minuteman extension risks: GAO Defense One The Pentagon says it’s getting its AI providers on ‘the same baseline’ Cyberpress Hackers Abuse nslookup.exe to Stage Payloads via DNS in ClickFix Attacks Cyberpress ClickFix Campaign Uses Homebrew Installer To Spread Cuckoo Stealer On macOS Federal News Network Congressional report recommends ‘FedRAMP’ for commercial data brokers ExecutiveGov INL, NVIDIA Partner to Advance AI-Driven Nuclear Deployment Under Prometheus Challenge ExecutiveGov DOW, DOE Partner With Valar Atomics for Transport of 5-Megawatt Nuclear Reactor to Utah Cyberpress “Foxveil” Malware Evades Detection By Leveraging Cloudflare, Netlify, and Discord ExecutiveGov New NIST Initiative Aims to Promote Secure, Interoperable Agentic AI Systems Defense One Marines will use Air Force-tailored drone to help develop its robot wingman DefenseScoop Navy hustling to modernize hundreds of legacy IT systems via Cattle Drive GovCon Wire Navy Announces Search for Manager to Oversee Medium Landing Ship Production GovCon Wire Valiant Solutions Bolsters Federal Cyber Portfolio With Abile Acquisition DefenseScoop Marine Corps looking into new medium-range tactical drone as it pushes small UAS capabilities DefenseScoop Air Force begins testing mission autonomy package for CCA prototypes DefenseScoop Pentagon taps 6 vendors for accelerated hypersonics R&D DefenseScoop Pentagon could award just 3 vendors for biggest phase of Drone Dominance Program Defense News Pentagon to deploy roughly 200 troops to Nigeria Defense News Pentagon wants counter-drone sensors to protect US infrastructure — and fast Nextgov New Treasury initiative targets improved cyber risk management for AI tools ExecutiveGov CISA Urges OpenEoX Adoption for EOS Device Tracking SecurityWeek CISA: Hackers Exploiting Vulnerability in Product of Taiwan Security Firm TeamT5 Nextgov CISA threat-hunting leader to depart for private sector role Federal News Network Wyden pledges to keep hold on nominee to lead CISA Federal News Network Technical debt puts federal cybersecurity at risk. The question now is how to break out of the cycle Federal News Network OMB seeks to once again empower agency CIOs Federal News Network CISA tells agencies to identify, upgrade unsupported edge devices
GovCon Wire USCYBERCOM Issues Intent to Award $500M Cyber Hunt Kit Contract to Parsons’ Sealing Technologies GovCon Wire Deven Joshi Joins C5MI as Chief AI Officer Cyberscoop The Caracas operation suggests cyber was part of the plan – just not the whole operation Breaking Defense DIU wants commercially developed imagery satellites for on-orbit spying Defense News Sentinel ICBM program hit by software delays, Minuteman extension risks: GAO Defense One The Pentagon says it’s getting its AI providers on ‘the same baseline’ Cyberpress Hackers Abuse nslookup.exe to Stage Payloads via DNS in ClickFix Attacks Cyberpress ClickFix Campaign Uses Homebrew Installer To Spread Cuckoo Stealer On macOS
Federal News Network Congressional report recommends ‘FedRAMP’ for commercial data brokers ExecutiveGov INL, NVIDIA Partner to Advance AI-Driven Nuclear Deployment Under Prometheus Challenge ExecutiveGov DOW, DOE Partner With Valar Atomics for Transport of 5-Megawatt Nuclear Reactor to Utah Cyberpress “Foxveil” Malware Evades Detection By Leveraging Cloudflare, Netlify, and Discord ExecutiveGov New NIST Initiative Aims to Promote Secure, Interoperable Agentic AI Systems Defense One Marines will use Air Force-tailored drone to help develop its robot wingman DefenseScoop Navy hustling to modernize hundreds of legacy IT systems via Cattle Drive
GovCon Wire Navy Announces Search for Manager to Oversee Medium Landing Ship Production GovCon Wire Valiant Solutions Bolsters Federal Cyber Portfolio With Abile Acquisition DefenseScoop Marine Corps looking into new medium-range tactical drone as it pushes small UAS capabilities DefenseScoop Air Force begins testing mission autonomy package for CCA prototypes DefenseScoop Pentagon taps 6 vendors for accelerated hypersonics R&D DefenseScoop Pentagon could award just 3 vendors for biggest phase of Drone Dominance Program Defense News Pentagon to deploy roughly 200 troops to Nigeria Defense News Pentagon wants counter-drone sensors to protect US infrastructure — and fast
Nextgov New Treasury initiative targets improved cyber risk management for AI tools ExecutiveGov CISA Urges OpenEoX Adoption for EOS Device Tracking SecurityWeek CISA: Hackers Exploiting Vulnerability in Product of Taiwan Security Firm TeamT5 Nextgov CISA threat-hunting leader to depart for private sector role Federal News Network Wyden pledges to keep hold on nominee to lead CISA Federal News Network Technical debt puts federal cybersecurity at risk. The question now is how to break out of the cycle Federal News Network OMB seeks to once again empower agency CIOs Federal News Network CISA tells agencies to identify, upgrade unsupported edge devices

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