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b'The Department of Homeland Security will use a \\u201ccybersecurity readiness\\u201d assessment to evaluate whether contractors have appropriate cyber defenses in place prior to making contract awards.\\nDHS published the details of the new \\u201ccybersecurity readiness evaluation factor\\u201d in a Nov. 1 notice signed by Kenneth Bible, DHS\\u2019 chief information security officer, and Sarah Todd, DHS\\u2019 executive director of acquisition policy and legislation.\\nThe notice confirms DHS\\u2019 plan to use its own approach for evaluating contractor cybersecurity rather than adopting the Defense Department\\u2019s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program.\\n\\u201cIt is the department\\u2019s intention to ensure that effective and appropriate cybersecurity measures are in place by vendors supporting work where such measures are necessary,\\u201d the DHS officials write in the new notice. \\u201cThis new evaluation factor will enable DHS to evaluate vendors\\u2019 cybersecurity posture pre-award for applicable contracts to inform a best value tradeoff award decision.\\u201d\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'