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Podcast: The ITSPmagazine Podcast
Episode: ISACA Takes the Helm of CMMC Certification: Building the Assessor Workforce the Defense Industrial Base Needs | A Brand Spotlight at RSAC Conference 2026 with Todd Gagnon, Director, CMMC Assessor & Instructor Certification Organization (CAICO) at ISACA
Description: ISACA has stepped into a defining role in the CMMC ecosystem, taking over as the CMMC Assessor and Instructor Certification Organization -- the CAICO -- for the U.S. Department of War's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. Recorded live at RSAC Conference 2026, this conversation with Todd Gagnon, the Director of the CAICO at ISACA, gets right to the heart of what that means for cybersecurity professionals, defense contractors, and anyone thinking about where their career intersects with the defense industrial base.
The CMMC program exists to solve a persistent problem: too many companies doing business with the...