Evidence record 11154 · automatically gathered

CMMC may be paused, but cybersecurity audits likely to return: Industry, experts

The CMMC Phase II pause “shouldn’t be a shocker to anybody,” according to Katie Arrington, thought of as the creator of CMMC. But, she said, at the end of the day the Pentagon is likely to come back around to where it is now, realizing “that there really is no other way to get compliance.”

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Published: 16 July 2026
Source: Breaking Defense (AI)
Category: News
Topics: Regulation · Transparency
Retrieved: 17 July 2026

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