Virtual Meeting of the Santa Clarita Valley Chapter on July 16
Meeting Location: Virtual Meeting
Meeting Date: Thursday, July 16, 2020
Meeting Time: 8:00-9:00am PST
Many small and mid-size aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturers want to diversify their sales pipelines by participating in the DoD supply chain as a result of diminished demand in the commercial aviation markets.
Please join us online on Thursday, July 16, 8:00–9:00am PST, when Jacob Horne, Sr. Cybersecurity Consultant, California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC), will describe how pivoting to the DoD supply chain has its own set of challenges and cybersecurity requirements.
The regulatory landscape of the defense industrial base is experiencing a sea change. Yet, the situation on the ground points to a challenging future for DoD suppliers. Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) compliance obligations are required to be flowed down from the prime contractor to the subcontracting supply chain wherever controlled unclassified information (CUI) goes. This process is unknown to most small and mid-sized aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturers (SMMs) and IT managed services providers (MSPs). Soon Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) modifications to DFARS will prevent A&D SMMs from bidding on contracts as a result of poor IT MSP management.
The combination of reliance on managed service providers and nebulous guidance from regulatory bodies has resulted in a distributed cybersecurity ecosystem with little hope of achieving compliance on its own. The rush to replace compliance self-attestation with third party audits has put both businesses and sensitive information at risk.
Cybersecurity is not a question of technology but rather is a function of robust supply chain risk management.
The meeting is free for A&D Forum Individual and Corporate members and $25 for non-members and is limited to 100 attendees. For more information and to register to attend the meeting go to http://adfscvjul20.eventbrite.com.
Information about joining The A&D Forum is at https://aerospacedefenseforum.org.
The Santa Clarita Valley chapter of The Aerospace & Defense Forum is sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank and the Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation.
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