With more than 95% of airplanes still grounded around the world, aerospace and defense leaders must reconsider supply-chain resiliency — and how to withstand unpredictable crises.

Exostar, a provider of secure business collaboration in aerospace and defense, life sciences, and healthcare, announced the launch of Certification Assistant, a risk management product that supports Defense Industrial Base organizations’ efforts to comply with and self-attest to NIST SP 800-171 security controls, and to self-assess and document security hygiene against CMMC processes and practices ahead of accreditation audits.