Marci Womack is a Managing Director in Schellman’s Federal Practice overseeing both the emerging CMMC assessment program and the established FedRAMP assessment program. Marci also serves as the 3PAO (third party assessment organization) representative on the Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee (FSCAC). Prior to joining Schellman in 2016 as a senior associate, Marci worked as a federal contractor implementing and assessing federal cybersecurity programs, as well as an FFIEC/GLBA security controls assessor and consultant. Marci has over 10 years of information security experience across various industries and holds many key certifications, including CISSP, CISA, and CEH. Marci is also experienced in other frameworks, including StateRAMP, CJIS, MARS-E, IRS 1075, and GLBA (FFIEC).
By:
Marci Womack
November 10th, 2023
On October 27, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a draft memorandum titled Modernizing the Federal Risk Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). Savvy readers may have noticed the parallelism of the 2011 and 2023 FedRAMP memorandums to those for FISMA in 2002 and FISMA 2014—for FISMA, the latter memo focused on "Modernization" in comparison with the former one regarding "Management."
By:
Marci Womack
November 9th, 2023
Back in August 2022—while rulemaking for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) was ongoing (as it still is)—the Joint Surveillance Program (JSP) was sanctioned by the DoD and CyberAB as an interim step in the CMMC program that allowed organizations to pursue a formal DIBCAC High (NIST 800-171) assessment.
By:
Marci Womack
February 25th, 2022
As concerns regarding the prevalence of bullying among children and teenagers continue to increase, this month represents an appropriate time to rally together against harassment among young people—including and especially those within the LGBTQ+ community.