- Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp (NYSE:BAH) has been authorized by the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Accreditation Body as a CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO).
- To help the Department of Defense (DOD) contractors prepare and obtain certification, the Cyber AB established two non-governmental roles: the Registered Provider Organization (RPO) and the C3PAO.
- Booz Allen has been an authorized RPO since February 2021.
- The C3PAO authorization strengthens the firm’s ability to deliver CMMC services that enable clients to prepare and obtain certification.
- Booz Allen is among the first to become an authorized C3PAO in the CMMC ecosystem.
- CMMC is a DOD program built to protect the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) from increasingly frequent and complex cyber-attacks.
- Price Action: BAH shares are trading higher by 0.90% at $94.11 on the last check Friday.
Dow Dips Over 200 Points; RPM International Shares Fall After Q3 Results
U.S. stocks turned lower toward the end of trading, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 200 points on Thursday.
The Dow traded down 0.59% to 38,894.58 while the NASDAQ fell 0.10% to 16,261.88. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.28% to 5,197.03.