The rapidly changing automotive industry landscape will bring new considerations for dealerships of all sizes in 2025—and rising cybersecurity threats.

The Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program Final Rule is now live. This means that the DoD can start requiring defense contractors handling the most sensitive federal information to show compliance with the new regulations right now in order to continue doing business with the DoD.

With only about a week to go before the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is set to go into effect on December 16, if you’re among the businesses that haven’t started preparing for CMMC certification, you don’t have any more time to delay.

Do you know what steps to take if your business is hacked? Have you developed a comprehensive incident response plan should your business get hit by a cybersecurity attack? Why do businesses need an incident response plan? How can an incident response plan improve your business cybersecurity?

Now that the much-anticipated final rule establishing the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program has cleared its last regulatory hurdle, you may have more questions than answers.

Everyone who does business with the Department of Defense should be fully aware by now that there is a looming deadline of Q1 2025 to meet updated security standards in order to continue doing business with the DoD.

If you are a business leader working with the Department of Defense (DoD), you know all about the complex compliance requirements your organization needs to meet to maintain current contracts and secure future ones.

Are you a government contractor or subcontractor who needs to be NIST 800-171 compliant? Although NIST 800-171 has been around for several years, many business leaders still aren’t certain whether they are doing the right things to be compliant.