AAU recently joined COGR, EDUCAUSE, APLU, AND ACE to submit comments on the Defense Department’s interim rule on implementation of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework. In the comments, the associations request that the department avoid subjecting federally-funded research conducted by colleges and universities to undue inefficiency and expense by imposing additional security requirements that “run counter to the free exchange of knowledge that forms the very basis of fundamental research.” EDUCAUSE has prepared a white paper with more information about the CMMC.