Weekly Wrap-Up
Week of November 29, 2021
ADI Participates in HSGAC Roundtable on FedRAMP Reform
ADI Executive Director Ross Nodurft testifies at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Roundtable on FedRAMP Reform
ADI Vice Chair Steve Kovac representing Zscaler as its Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Global Government Affairs
ADI was well-represented at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Roundtable on FedRAMP Reform. ADI Executive Director Ross Nodurft advocated for a process that maintains a high bar of security while still encouraging and enabling rapid adoption of new and emerging technologies and services.

“Over the last two years, ADI has expressed its support for codification of FedRAMP,” he said. “More specifically, ADI has stated and maintains its support for: ‎the authorization of additional sustained resources to increase the number of FedRAMP ‎authorizations;‎ additional collaboration with industry; ‎driving reuse and reciprocity of FedRAMP accreditations across the federal government;‎ adoption of automation throughout the FedRAMP process; and the market certainty that codification provides for innovative companies seeking to ‎access the federal marketplace.”

ADI Vice Chair Steve Kovac represented Zscaler as its Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Global Government Affairs, testifying “I’m here because I have a long history with FedRAMP and first-hand experience in the importance of FedRAMP to helping the federal government secure systems as well as their networks and the challenges the programs have faced.”
Industry News
CISA's Advisory Panel is Announced, Set to Make Recommendations on Major Cyber Topics
(CyberScoop) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Wednesday named members to a new cyber advisory panel that will make recommendations on subjects ranging from battling misinformation to gaining aid from the hacker community on national cyber defense.
CISA Seeks Protective Email Service that Tracks Agencies' Security Compliance
(NextGov) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is in the market for a service that can help to protect both recipients of government emails as well as agencies themselves by ensuring email platforms are securely configured.
Pentagon Considers Incentives to get Companies to CMMC 2.0 Early
(Federal News Network) While it could be months or even years before the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification is a requirement in defense contracts, Pentagon officials are considering financial rewards and other incentives to get contractors to improve their network defenses before CMMC 2.0 becomes reality.
White House Taps Former Air Force Official to Run Pentagon Acquisition
(Defense News) William LaPlante, the president and chief executive of Draper Laboratory, will be nominated to be the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, the White House announced Tuesday.
Senators See Room in FedRAMP Bill to Address Supply Chain Security Threats
(Federal News Network) The top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is looking to tighten the rules for providing secure cloud services to the federal government.
Member News
Safelogic 2021 'ASTOR' Award Winner
(American Security Today) Safelogic won Platinum Award for Best Encryption Solution at the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards with their CryptoComply tool.
Splunk Wins NAVWAR Enterprise Artificial Intelligence Prize
(DVIDS Hub) Splunk has been announced the winner of the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) enterprise's third prize challenge in the Artificial Intelligence Applications to Autonomous Cybersecurity Challenge (AI ATAC) series at the U.S. Navy-hosted HACKtheMACHINE Unmanned event on November 18.
Splunk Deepens Commitment to Public Sector with U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency IL5 Provisional Authorization
(Spunk Blog) Splunk has achieved U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Provisional Authorization by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) at Impact Level 5 (IL5), which allows U.S. Government agencies to use Splunk Cloud Platform for higher sensitivity Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). 
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